"Transparent investigation needed": NCP-SP's Rohit Pawar on Dhananjay's Munde's resignation amid row over sarpanch murder
On Tuesday, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Dhananjay Munde submitted his resignation as minister, which Fadnavis accepted and forwarded to the Governor for further action.
ANI
Mar 05, 2025 10:37 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 5 (ANI): In the wake of Nationalist Congress Party MLA Dhananjay Munde's resignation, NCP-SCP MLA Rohit Pawar on Wednesday demanded a thorough investigation into the Beed sarpanch murder case, suggesting that Munde's name should be included as a co-accused in the FIR.
Speaking to ANI, Pawar raised concerns over the involvement of Munde's close aide, Valmik Karad, whose alleged wealth and connections to the case have come under scrutiny.
"His (Dhananjay Munde) name should come (as co-accused in the FIR into Beed sarpanch murder). It is said that Valmik Karad (accused in the murder case & Munde's close aide) has a property worth Rs 1500 Crores...His name did not appear in the FIR till date because he was a minister. But he is not a minister anymore. A BJP MLA says that he has information that a meeting over extortion was held at the residence of Dhananjay Munde. If that is the case, if Dhananjay Munde is the mastermind, his name should be included in the FIR. A very transparent investigation needs to be done," Rohit Pawar said.
On Tuesday, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Dhananjay Munde submitted his resignation as minister, which Fadnavis accepted and forwarded to the Governor for further action.
Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan accepted the resignation of Munde, who was Minister of Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection.
Speaking on the resignation Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis said, "Maharashtra Minister Dhananjay Munde has tendered his resignation today. I have accepted the resignation and sent it to the Governor for further course of action."
According to sources, CM Fadnavis had asked Munde to step down from his post.
The development follows after Munde's close aide, Walmik Karad, was sent to judicial custody in January this year in a Rs 2 crore extortion case allegedly linked to the murder case of Beed district sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh. (ANI)
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