Maharashtra CM Orders Special Probe Into Beed Contractor’s 2023 Murder

Overview

• Fadnavis directed the immediate formation of a Special Investigation Team led by IPS officer Pankaj Kumawat to revisit the October 2023 killing of real estate contractor Mahadev Munde.
• The CM assured Dnyaneshwari Munde that all suspects named in the case, including political aide Walmik Karad, would be arrested.
• Munde’s family and villagers from Parli and Ambejogai staged road blockades and a suicide attempt outside the SP’s office to demand an impartial probe under trusted officers.
• Local activists claim around 2,000 homicides in Beed were misclassified as accidents under political pressure, intensifying calls for broader accountability.
• Beed SP Navneet Kawat says police pursued every investigative lead and reports that registered murders have fallen from 25 to 15 year-to-date.