India, March 2 -- The case relating to the murder of Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh, in which an aide of food and civil supplies minister Dhananjay Munde is the main accused, will be tried in a fast-track court, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announced on Saturday.

"The police have completed the investigation in a professional manner. By following the provisions of the new crime laws, they have filed the charge sheet with all the evidence collected so far. We will now request the (high) court to run the case in a fast-track court," Fadnavis said on the sidelines of the 35th Maharashtra State Police Sports Competition 2025 in Thane.

The special investigation team (SIT) of the criminal investigation department (CID), which is probing th...