In a shocking incident, a village deputy sarpanch riding a motorcycle has been found dead on a road in Maharashtra's <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/maharashtra-beed-soldier-cremated-with-full-state-honours-police-bust-gambling-den-in-separate-incident-23646761" rel="nofollow">Beed district</a>, prompting police to launch an investigation, officials said.
The officials said that while the initial assessment suggested a road accident, police were also examining the possibility of foul play, as per PTI.
Briefing about the incident, police officials said that the body of Vaijnath Vitthal Late, the deputy sarpanch of Babhalgaon in Majalgaon tehsil, was found in a pool of blood on the Bhopa-Babhalgaon road in the early hours of Wednesday. His motorcycle lay severely damaged nearby.
They also said that the deceased was riding his two-wheeler along the Bhopa-Babhalgaon road on Tuesday night when the incident is suspected to have occurred.
During the early hours of Wednesday, some local youth spotted the body by the roadside, with his severely damaged motorcycle nearby. They immediately alerted villagers and the police, who rushed to the spot, an official said.
As per officials, following the incident, the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/maharashtra-beed-police-bust-gambling-den-at-closed-hotel-seize-cash-and-seven-vehicles-worth-rs-8-59-lakh-23646755" rel="nofollow">police </a>conducted a panchnama and sent the body for postmortem. Moreover, the investigators were examining the damage to the motorcycle, possible impact marks at the site, and other technical evidence to determine how the incident occurred and the circumstances of the death, PTI reported.&nbsp;
<h2>Woman dies after devotees&rsquo; boat capsizes in Godavari river in Beed district&nbsp;</h2>
In a different scenario, a woman drowned after a boat carrying devotees to a temple capsized in the Godavari river in Maharashtra's Beed district on Wednesday, an official said.
The incident occurred around 10.30 am in the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/maharashtra-woman-dies-after-devotees-boat-capsizes-in-godavari-river-in-beed-dsitrict-23634533" rel="nofollow">Golegaon area</a>, he said. The boat was about to head to Purushottampuri, a shrine dedicated to Lord Purushottam, located about 20 km from Majalgaon tehsil.
Devotees travel by boat on the river to reach the temple, the official said. "A boat carrying around 10-15 worshipers was about to start the journey. Most of these people were from the Wahim district of Vidarbha. The boat overturned near the shore, which resulted in the death of a 55-year-old woman," said the official from Majalgaon Rural police station.
A probe into the incident is underway, the official said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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