Beed sarpanch murder: Minister Dhananjay Munde's aide Wamlik Karad surrenders

Pune: Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde's close aide Walmik Karad, wanted in an extortion case linked to the murder of a sarpanch in Beed district, surrendered before police in Pune on Tuesday, officials said.

Before going to the police, Karad posted a video on social media, announcing that he would surrender and claimed his name was



being taken in the murder case due to political vendetta.

According to police, Massajog village sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh was abducted and brutally killed on December 9 allegedly for opposing an extortion bid by some individuals who had demanded money from a windmill company in Beed district.