Amid local pressure, CM to meet Beed murder victim’s widow today

After spiralling pressure from the villagers of Parli for an investigation into the murder of Mahadev Munde, a real estate contractor who was killed in October 2023, CM Devendra Fadnavis is set to meet his widow, Dnyaneshwari, on Thursday morning.

- Surendra P Gangan

The residents of Parli and Ambejogai have come together to demand action in not just Munde’s case but in dozens of other murders that they say were not registered by the police because of political pressure.

The brutal murder of Massajog sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh in December 2024 and the ensuing outcry led to the arrest of local goon Walmik Karad, who is allegedly the right-hand man of former NCP minister Dhananjay Munde. Beed’s villagers allege that Karad had a hand in all the murders in the region.

Dnyaneshwari Munde, who has been fighting for justice for 20 months, visits the office of the superintendent of police (SP) almost every week. The Parli police have constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) but the investigation has not gained any momentum.