In Massajog in the Beed district of Maharashtra, a pendal (temporary structure) has been erected outside the village temple, in the shadow of a 100-year-old tamarind tree. Under the shamiana, on a table, is a garlanded photo of Santosh Deshmukh,…
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Beed sarpanch murder case chargesheet filed after thorough probe: Fadnavis
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. | Photo Credit: PTI Police have filed a chargesheet in sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh murder case after a very thorough probe, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said and expressed confidence that the guilty would get…

Ajit Pawar may have taken up Beed guardian Ministership amid situation post sarpanch murder: Jayant Patil
Nationalist Congress Party MLA Jayant Patil. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) [NCP(SP)] president Jayant Patil on Sunday (January 19, 2025) said Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar may have preferred to take up the…

Sharad Pawar discusses Beed, Parbhani situation with CM Fadnavis
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and NCP Chief Sharad Pawar. Photo: Emmanual Yogini | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini NCP (SP) head Sharad Pawar has said he has spoken to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on efforts to normalise the social tension…

Eight accused, excluding Walmik Karad charged with MCOCA in Beed murder case
Walmik Karad, a close aide of Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde, as he surrenders before the Crime Investigation Department (CID) in a case linked to the murder of a sarpanch in Beed district of Maharashtra, in Pune on Tuesday (December 31,…

Officials from one community dominate administration in Beed: BJP MLA
BJP MLA Suresh Dhas. File | Photo Credit: Facebook/Suresh Dhas BJP MLA Suresh Dhas has claimed that officials from “only one community” have held most of the government posts in Maharashtra’s Beed district for an extended period which makes other…

Massive protest in Beed over murder of sarpanch; demand for Munde’s sacking intensifies
The alleged murder of Santosh Deshmukh, the sarpanch of Massejog village in Beed district, has triggered massive protests and a political storm in Maharashtra. Mr. Deshmukh was allegedly abducted, tortured, and killed on December 9 for opposing an extortion racket…

Beed sarpanch murder: NCP’s former tehsil chief Vishnu Chate’s police remand extended till January 6
A court in Maharashtra’s Beed district on Friday (December 27, 2024) extended till January 6 the police custody of NCP’s former tehsil chief Vishnu Chate in connection with the kidnap and murder of village head Santosh Deshmukh. Chate is the…