Beed Sarpanch Murder Case: Nanded doctor under surveillance to trace suspects

Chhatrapati: The Beed police arrested two suspects in Pune, wanted in connection with the murder of Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh, with a doctor from Nanded district playing a crucial role in helping the police trace the accused, an official said on Saturday.

A Police team arrested Sudarshan Chandrabhan Ghule (26) and Sudhir Sangle (23) from Pune, four weeks after Massajog sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh was abducted and murdered. The exact motive behind the crime is being investigated.

According to a PTI report, "Police monitored movements of Dr Sambhaji Vaybhase after his alleged links with Sudarshan Ghule surfaced during the investigation," sources in Beed Police said.

Vaybhase was picked up from Nanded for questioning which led police to the accused Ghule and Sangle, a police official said on the condition of anonymity.

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After questioning, police handed over Vaybhase to the CID which is investigating the murder case, he said refusing to elaborate.

Police suspect that Vaybhase helped Ghule flee after the murder, news agency PTI reported.

"We cannot reveal since when we were monitoring Vaybhase," the official added.

Police have so far arrested six out of seven persons named in the murder case.

Deshmukh was abducted, tortured and killed on December 9 prima facie for attempting to stop an extortion bid on an energy firm operating a windmill project in Beed district.

Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Dhananjay Munde's close aide Walmik Karad has been arrested in the extortion case in connection with the murder.

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