India, July 23 -- The prosecution on Tuesday submitted draft charges against all eight accused in the sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh murder case, even as the district sessions court in Beed rejected the discharge application filed by the prime accused, Walmik Karad.

Special public prosecutor (SPP) Ujjwal Nikam informed the court that the draft charges consolidate the allegations detailed in the chargesheet related to the abduction and killing of Massajog village sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh in December 2023. "We have proposed 12 to 13 charges against each of the accused," said Nikam. However, the court will take up the draft charges only after deciding on the discharge pleas filed by the remaining seven accused, Nikam said.

Karad's discharge pl...