India, Aug. 5 -- Five months after he was forced to resign from the Maharashtra cabinet following the Beed sarpanch murder controversy, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Dhananjay Munde is yet to vacate the south Mumbai bungalow allotted to him as a minister, according to officials aware of the developments.

The penalty amount accumulated for not vacating the bungalow, Satpuda, since March, when Munde resigned, has crossed Rs.42 lakh, officials said. When contacted, Munde said that he was unable to vacate the property immediately because of personal reasons.

Munde, an MLA from the Parli assembly constituency in Beed district, found himself in the midst of a major controversy after his close aide, Walmik Karad, was arrested as one ...