Supriya Sule claims Amit Shah assured to look into Beed Sarpanch murder case

Nationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar lawmaker Supriya Sule on Tuesday claimed Union Home Minister Amit Shah had assured her that he would look into the Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh murder caseSule slammed local authorities in Beed for their failure to arrest Krishna Andhale the absconding accused in the case even after two months since Deshmukh was brutally murdered reported news agency PTIThe Beed Sarpanch murder case triggered a political firestorm in Maharashtra over alleged links between state Minister Dhananjay Munde who belongs to NCP and Walmik Karad an accused arrested in an extortion case linked to the murderDeshmukh who was the sarpanch of Massajog village in Beed district was abducted tortured and murdered on December 9 2024 for allegedly trying to stop an extortion bid targeting an energy firmThe police have so far arrested seven persons in connection with the murderSule met Deshmukhs family members in Massajog village Later she had an interaction with the kin of murdered trader Mahadev Munde in Parli town in Beed district and consoled his family members Sule said the superintendent of police is monitoring the Munde murder case which has remained unsolvedSupriya Sule to discuss Beed Sarpanch murder with Devendra FadnavisMunde was allegedly murdered on October 22 2023 near the Parli tehsil office in Beed The police recently constituted a special team of five police officers to investigate the case PTI reportedNCP SP legislator Jitendra Awhad who accompanied Sule alleged that the Mahadev Munde murder case remains unsolved due to political pressureTalking to reporters at Massajog village Sule said that she and Beed Member of Parliament MP from NCP SP Bajrang Sonawane had met the Union Home Minister in connection with the Deshmukh murder case During the meeting Shah assured that he would look into it she claimedSule added that she would also meet state Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to seek justice for Deshmukhs family PTI reportedShe called up Beed Superintendent of Police Navneet Kanwat over the phone and demanded a transparent inquiryEarlier in the day the NCP SP Lok Sabha lawmaker slammed Karad over a video he had shared before surrendering to police in the extortion case linked to the Beed Sarpanch murderWalmik Karad made a video before his surrender How do people have the courage to make such a video before surrendering Where did Krishna Andhale go If they can track our phones daily cant they find Andhale This is not acceptable she said alleging that the government was not transparent in the Beed Sarpanch murder caseI will see to it that the sarpanchs family get information about the case every alternate day she saidMy concern is why the people in this area are afraid of speaking which is unfortunate in a state like Maharashtra she addedDhananjay Munde represents the Parli Assembly Constituency in Beed district while NCP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is its guardian ministerAwhad demanded that the murder cases of Deshmukh and Mahadev Munde be shifted out of Beed for investigation He further said that the details of calls between the accused and police before and after Deshmukhs murder should also come out in the public domainThe police kept every single detail of Sheena Boras murder case before the people Why police didnt hold a single press conference in this case This is because they want to hide the facts he allegedWith PTI inputs