Oppn leaders meet slain Beed sarpanch's kin; CM calls it 'tragedy tourism'

The political storm over the murder of a sarpanch at Beed district in Maharashtra earlier this month picked up on Wednesday, with Congress leaders Balasaheb Thorat and Amit Deshmukh and Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil meeting the family of the deceased Santosh Deshmukh.

- Faisal Malik

MUMBAI:

Opposition parties have been piling pressure on the Maharashtra government and Beed district administration to take action against the culprits following the murder on December 9.

Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, meanwhile, said his government's response and actions were more important than symbolic visits by opposition leaders. "I do not believe in promoting tragedy tourism," he told reporters in Nagpur.