BJP MLA claims Ajit Pawar will know of Dhananjay Munde’s link ‘in days'

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will come to know ldquoin a few daysrdquo if his NCP and cabinet colleague Dhananjay Munde has any link to the sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh murder case claimed BJP MLA Suresh Dhas on FridayMassajog sarpanch Deshmukh was abducted tortured and murdered on December 9 for trying to stop an extortion bid on an energy firm helming a windmill project in the region A murder case and an extortion case linked to the killing are being probed by a Special Investigation Team of the state CIDMunde MLA from Parli in Beed is under attack from Opposition parties and even some leaders of the ruling Mahayuti as Walmik Karad the key accused in the extortion case linked to the sarpanchrsquos murder is his close aideSpeaking to a regional news channel Dhas said ldquoAjit Pawar will come to know after a few days if there is a connection of Munde with the murder case or not I have never claimed there is a connection I donrsquot say anything firmly with firm conviction on it and they Mundersquos backers must also not say anything firmly as of nowrdquoDhas was answering a query on Pawar backing Munde on the issueSpeaking to reporters in Pune on Thursday Pawar had said ldquoHe Munde has asserted he is not even remotely linked to the case He also said that any agency can probe the case People levelling allegations must hand over evidence they have to probe agenciesrdquoSome leaders from the ruling alliance and the Opposition are making allegations in connection with the case but they must take precaution to ensure injustice is not done to anyone the deputy CM had addedDhas further alleged 109 ldquounidentifiedrdquo dead bodies were found in Parli in a year of which only four could be identified while the remaining 105 were crematedThe BJP MLA from Ashti also claimed Walmik Karadrsquos name will soon be added to the sarpanch murder caseThe Maratha and Vanjari communities must not fight over this incident as it would ldquonot bring Santosh Deshmukh backrdquo the MLA addedThe murder has also been embroiled in a caste tussle since Deshmukh was a Maratha and several of the accused are from the Vanjari communityDec 9Day sarpanch was killedSarpanch murder Villagers plan agitationResidents of the murdered sarpanch Santosh Deshmukhrsquos village in Beed on Friday said they will decide the next course of the agitation in a few daysSeveral people from Massajog village had staged a lsquojal samadhirsquo agitation last week and given the police deadline of January 11 to apprehend the absconding accused in the caseldquoThe next course of the agitation will be decided in two days The decision will be taken unanimously The police department was given a deadline of 10 days and it will end in a day or twordquo a villager told reporters He said villagers have been sitting in a tent for a month now demanding the arrest of the accused in the murder case ldquoWe want justice The sixth accused who is still at large should also be arrestedrdquo he saidVillagers have also demanded that the police disclose details about the investigation they carried out so far ldquoWe are aware that the CID investigation is a little confidential But at least members of Deshmukhrsquos family should be informed about itrdquo they said