India, March 4 -- Maharashtra state minister Dhananjay Munde submitted his resignation today to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis amid a row over the murder of the sarpanch of Beed.

Dhananjay Munde tendered his resignation to CM Fadnavis at his official residence through his private secretary Prashant Bhamre and officer on special duty Prashant Joshi.

CM Fadnavis announced that Munde had been relieved from his post, as the state minister of food and civil supplies, on the premises of the state legislature. He stated that the resignation had now been submitted to the governor of the state for further processing.

Munde's resignation comes amidst escalating controversy around his close aide Walmik Karad being named as the mastermind behind...