Beed rallies for peace; Dhas seeks ED action

For the residents of Massajog village, life changed forever on December 9, 2024, the day their village head was brutally tortured and murdered, his body discarded by a highway.

- Surendra P Gangan

MUMBAI: Now they are rallying together to rebuild social harmony in their village in Beed district, which is consistently making headlines for the murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh and the political storm it has triggered.

On Saturday, the villagers, including the family of the slain sarpanch, embarked on a Sadbhavana Yatra, a march for social harmony, even as BJP MLA Suresh Dhas said he would approach the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for action against an alleged ₹200-crore fraud in the state agriculture department led by Dhananjay Munde in the previous Mahayuti government.