<p>Mumbai: The police on Wednesday managed to arrest the main accused in the sensational kidnapping and murder of a Sarpanch in Beed district. </p><p>The Maha Yuti government has received a lot of flak for this crime. The accused caught by the police is an NCP worker.</p><p>Massejeog village Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh’s dead body was found on 9 December. </p> .<p>Deshmukh was allegedly opposing an attempt to extort Rs 2 crore from a windmill company in the area.</p><p>Massejeog village is located in the Kaij tehsil of the Beed district. </p><p>The accused was identified as Vishnu Chate.</p> .<p>The kidnapping and murder of a sarpanch, caused unrest in the Maratha community in Beed.</p><p>After the incident, Ajit Pawar-led NCP expelled Chate.</p><p>It may be mentioned that BJP MLA from the Ashti constituency, Suresh Dhas, has written to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis demanding the formation of a special investigation team (SIT) to find out the mastermind behind the kidnapping and murder. </p><p>Beed NCP (SP) MP Bajrang Sonawane met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation probe. </p> .<p>Beed’s Additional Superintendent of Police Sachin Pandkar said that the accused was nabbed on the Beed-Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Highway as he attempted to flee the district.</p><p>The total arrests in the case now stands at four while three are still absconding.</p><p>In another extortion case lodged by the local windmill company, among the accused was one Walmiki Karad - who is said to be close to NCP Minister Dhananjay Munde - besides Chate and some other associates.</p><p>The killing of the village headman snowballed into a caste issue as the victim was a Maratha while the prime accused belongs to OBC-Vanjari community – both at loggerheads over the ongoing reservation agitation.</p>
<p>Mumbai: The police on Wednesday managed to arrest the main accused in the sensational kidnapping and murder of a Sarpanch in Beed district. </p><p>The Maha Yuti government has received a lot of flak for this crime. The accused caught by the police is an NCP worker.</p><p>Massejeog village Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh’s dead body was found on 9 December. </p> .<p>Deshmukh was allegedly opposing an attempt to extort Rs 2 crore from a windmill company in the area.</p><p>Massejeog village is located in the Kaij tehsil of the Beed district. </p><p>The accused was identified as Vishnu Chate.</p> .<p>The kidnapping and murder of a sarpanch, caused unrest in the Maratha community in Beed.</p><p>After the incident, Ajit Pawar-led NCP expelled Chate.</p><p>It may be mentioned that BJP MLA from the Ashti constituency, Suresh Dhas, has written to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis demanding the formation of a special investigation team (SIT) to find out the mastermind behind the kidnapping and murder. </p><p>Beed NCP (SP) MP Bajrang Sonawane met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation probe. </p> .<p>Beed’s Additional Superintendent of Police Sachin Pandkar said that the accused was nabbed on the Beed-Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Highway as he attempted to flee the district.</p><p>The total arrests in the case now stands at four while three are still absconding.</p><p>In another extortion case lodged by the local windmill company, among the accused was one Walmiki Karad - who is said to be close to NCP Minister Dhananjay Munde - besides Chate and some other associates.</p><p>The killing of the village headman snowballed into a caste issue as the victim was a Maratha while the prime accused belongs to OBC-Vanjari community – both at loggerheads over the ongoing reservation agitation.</p>