<p>The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Crime Investigation Department probing the murder of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/beed-sarpanch-murder-case-must-be-tried-in-fast-track-court-get-strictest-punishment-says-sunil-tatkare-23458330" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Beed sarpanch</a> Santosh Deshmukh has questioned three persons, sources told news agency PTI.</p>
<p>Deshmukh, the sarpanch of Massajog village, was abducted, tortured and murdered on December 9 for attempting to stop an extortion bid on an energy firm helming a windmill project in the region.</p>
<p>Sources said on Friday that one of the three men questioned is a doctor and a close to absconding accused <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/beed-sarpanch-murder-cid-must-disclose-facts-in-beed-sarpanchs-murder-extortion-case-sena-ubt-leader-danve-23458087" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Sudarshan Ghule</a>, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Police believe this man helped Ghule flee.</p>
<p>Several police teams have been deployed to arrest those on the run, they said.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Vishnu Chate, one of the persons arrested in the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/beed-sarpanch-murder-minister-dhananjay-munde-refuses-to-resign-says-he-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-crime-23457781" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">extortion case</a> linked to Deshmukh's murder, told CID officials he had called the project manager of the energy company from his mobile phone, reported PTI.</p>
<p>He also told police about a conversation between key accused Walmik Karad and the project manager, sources told PTI.</p>
<p>The Crime Investigation Department (CID) arrested Karad in Pune after he surrendered on Tuesday in connection with a Rs 2 crore extortion case linked to Deshmukh's murder. Karad was remanded in a 14-day police custody.</p>
<h2>Those who killed sarpanch must be tried in fast-track court, get 'strictest' punishment: Sunil Tatkare</h2>
<p>Nationalist Congress Party's state president Sunil Tatkare on Friday said whosoever is guilty in the sarpanch <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/bjp-mla-suresh-dhas-claims-officials-from-one-community-dominate-beed-administration-23457857" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Santosh Deshmukh murder case</a> should face trial in a fast-track court and get the strictest punishment.</p>
<p>He, however, parried a question on whether NCP minister Dhananjay Munde will be asked to resign as his close aide Walmik Karad is at the centre of a controversy and is an accused in an extortion case linked to the sarpanch's murder.</p>
<p>The opposition has been demanding that Karad be booked for Deshmukh's murder. He has been booked in an extortion case.</p>
<p>"The incident (murder of Deshmukh) is a blot on humanity. NCP's stand is that the matter should be thoroughly probed and anyone even remotely connected to the incident should be brought before the public," Tatkare said.</p>
<p>When asked whether Munde will be asked to resign, Tatkare said, "I don't want to express any political opinion about this. Will <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/beed-sarpanch-murder-case-maharashtra-govt-forms-sit-to-probe-santosh-deshmukhs-killing-23457014" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Dhanajay Munde</a> be asked to resign?"</p>
<p>"I have been saying this that the government has announced an SIT, a CID and a judicial probe which is happening at a fast pace. The probe will determine who the accused are. Whosoever is guilty should get strictest punishment through a fast track court," he said.</p>
<p><strong>(With inputs from PTI)</strong></p><p>
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