Sarpanch murder: Cop suspended for objectionable social media post on protests

A police constable from Maharashtras Beed district was suspended on Tuesday for allegedly writing objectionable posts on social media over agitations regarding the Beed sarpanch murder case an official said the PTI reportedGorakh Hadule posted at Shivajinagar police station in Beed city of Maharashtra had allegedly circulated these posts on social media four days back as per the PTIAn order suspending Hadule was issued today He will face an inquiry the police official told PTIProtests and morchas have been held in Beed district since Massajog sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh was killed by some persons on December 9The slain sarpanchs family and opposition parties are demanding Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Mundes ouster from the state cabinet over his aide Walmik Karads alleged link in a related extortion case as per the PTIWalmik Karad was arrested in the extortion case while seven persons were held in connection with Santosh Deshmukhs murderKarads supporters hurl stones at buses against MCOCA invocationMeanwhile the supporters of Walmik Karad arrested in an extortion case linked to the murder of a sarpanch in Beed district on Tuesday threw stones at buses and set tyres on fire in Parli town after MCOCA was invoked against him police said according to the PTIEarlier in the day an official said that Karad an aide of Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde has been booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act MCOCAThe invocation of MCOCA makes it difficult for the accused to secure bailSupporters of Karad targeted buses with stones set tyres ablaze and tried to block roads police saidAs angry protesters roamed the roads many shops downed their shutters in the hometown of KaradThe demonstrations were held despite prohibitory orders in place in Beed district till January 28Beed Superintendent of Police Navneet Kanwat said two incidents were reported in Parli where tyres were set on fire and the windshield of a state transport bus was damagedHe said nobody was injuredWe are trying to make people understand that the courts order remanding Karad to judicial custody should be accepted Kanwat saidHe said the additional superintendent of police and the subdivisional police officer reached Parli and appealed to people against taking the law into their own handsA case was registered for damaging the bus windshield while the process is on to book an offence for burning of tyres Kanwat addedSupporters of Karad and his mother are staging a sitin protest in front of Parli city police station claiming he was implicated in the extortion case and should be released Some of his supporters climbed a stone tower to press the demand the news agency reportedProhibitory orders have been imposed in Beed district till January 28 in view of protests against the murder of a sarpanch and quotarelated agitations by Maratha and OBC activistswith PTI inputs