Why Munde's resignation took so long when govt had photos of sarpanch murder, asks Sule

NCP SP leader Supriya Sule on Tuesday asked why it took 84 days for Dhananjay Munde to resign from the Maharashtra cabinet when the photos and footage related to the murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh were available with the governmentTalking to reporters the Lok Sabha MP said although Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal said their party colleague Munde resigned on moral grounds he himself cited health reasons for his decision to step downMunde the state food and civil supplies minister and NCP MLA from Parli resigned from the state cabinet days after his close aide Walmik Karad was named as the mastermind in the Beed sarpanch murder caseHe said he resigned as the Maharashtra cabinet minister after listening to his conscience and due to medical reasonsThe Opposition demand for Mundes resignation intensified after gory photos and court chargesheet details related to the killing of Deshmukh surfaced revealing the brutalities committed before the murderDeshmukh was abducted tortured and murdered on December 9 last year allegedly for attempting to stop an extortion bid targeting an energy company in the districtThe state Crime Investigation Department CID on February 27 filed a more than 1200page chargesheet at a court in Beed district in Deshmukhs murder and two related casesSule said Did the chief minister and deputy chief ministers not see the photos of the killing They must have seen these photos before you and I saw this yesterday If they have seen these photos why did it take 84 days to get that person Munde to resign She claimed the people of the state were disappointed and in shock since the photos and footage related to the murder surfacedThe Baramati MP claimed she has been seeking an appointment with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for the last couple of days to discuss the matterSule demanded a transparent probe into the case and said perpetrators involved in Deshmukhs murder should be hangedThe NCP SP leader said she and other MPs of the party will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah and apprise him about the situationThe Sharad Pawarled party later staged a silent protest in Pune to condemn the sarpanchs murderSpeaking to reporters at the protest site Sule said that social activist Anjali Damania BJP MLA Suresh Dhas and NCP SP MP Bajarang Sonawane have been talking about more than 100 suspicious deaths in Beed districtThere should be a Special Investigation Team SIT probe into the deaths Those 100 people who have gone missing their files should be opened and their families should get justice she saidAn offence of extortion falls under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA Sule said adding that she would demand invocation of this law in the present extortion caseShe also said the call detail records CDR of all the accused need to be probedIf the CDR is being probed who all were involved in the alleged extortion case of Avaada company will come to light she addedBoth Walmik Karad and Munde are partners in businesses she said adding that all those who were involved in killing sarpanch Deshmukh and those who supported the accused should be punishedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever