Pawar Sr meets families of Beed, Parbhani victims

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday visited the families of victims in the Beed sarpanch murder case and the custodial death in Parbhani.

- HT Correspondent

MUMBAI: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday visited the families of victims in the Beed sarpanch murder case and the custodial death in Parbhani. He termed the probe announced by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis as inadequate and demanded that the mastermind behind the murder be brought to book. He also questioned the government's claim that Somnath Suryavanshi, the Dalit law student who was in police custody, died due to health complications.

Pawar first visited Massajog village in Beed district and met the family of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh who was brutally murdered on December 9 after he intervened in an extortion bid at a local wind power plant. "An atmosphere of fear is being created in Beed," said Pawar. "We will all counter this collectively. I assure you that we will not rest until the state and central governments give justice to the family."