<p>Social activist Anjali Damania has demanded that Maharashtra ministers Pankaja Munde and Dhananjay Munde resign till a probe is underway into the brutal murder of a village sarpanch in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/beed-sarpanch-murder-main-suspect-valmiki-karad-remains-on-the-run-despite-ongoing-cid-raids-23455856" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Beed district</a>, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>Talking to a news channel on Monday, Anjali Damania claimed that Munde cousins very well know Walmik Karad, an accused in an extortion case linked to the Beed sarpanch murder, reported PTI.</p>
<p>BJP leader Pankaja Munde is the state environment and climate change minister, while her cousin <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/beed-sarpanch-murder-case-attaching-properties-wont-do-accused-must-be-arrested-says-ramdas-athawale-23456038" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Dhananjay Munde</a>, a leader of the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), holds charge of the food, civil supplies and consumer protection department.</p>
<p>According to police, Massajog village sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh was abducted and killed on December 9 allegedly for opposing an extortion bid by some individuals who had demanded money from a windmill company in Beed district.</p>
<p>Four persons have been arrested so far in connection with the Beed sarpanch murder.</p>
<p>Opposition parties and a BJP MLA have accused Dhananjay Munde of having close links with his "aide" <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/fadnavis-orders-cid-to-seize-properties-of-accused-in-beed-sarpanch-murder-case-23455383" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Walmik Karad</a>, absconding after he was named in the FIR in the extortion case, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Damania has been agitating near the Beed district collector's office for a couple of days, demanding arrest of the accused in the Beed sarpanch murder case.</p>
<p>"These cousins (Pankaja and Dhananjay Munde) know Walmik Karad very well for years. So, they should resign till the investigation of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/beed-sarpanch-murder-congress-leader-wadettiwar-demands-cbi-probe-accuses-maharashtra-govt-of-inaction-23455649" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Santosh Deshmukh murder case</a> is underway," she said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>"They should be given back the ministerial charge if nothing is found in this case. But at this moment, they should resign," the activist added, reported PTI.</p>
<p>On December 24, Damania claimed there was "solid evidence" of a financial relationship between Dhannjay Munde and Walmik Karad, who she alleged runs a mafia empire in the district, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Dhananjay Munde last week said he has been demanding from day one that killers of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh be "hanged to death".</p>
<p>"Even if the killers may be close to anyone including me, I have said the accused must be punished. Still, if I am being targeted, one can make out what kind of politics is this," he had said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the Home portfolio, has announced a judicial probe into the murder of the sarpanch.</p>
<p><strong>(With inputs from PTI)</strong></p><p>
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