India, Feb. 28 -- The state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Thursday submitted a 1,400-page chargesheet to the Special MCOCA court against eight accused in the Beed sarpanch murder case, which has rocked the state since the brutal killing on December 9 last year.

Santosh Deshmukh, sarpanch of Massajog village in Beed district, was kidnapped, tortured, killed, and his body left by a highway, after he thwarted an extortion attempt on a local energy company. The case has consistently made headlines, not only due to the brutal nature of the murder but also because it took a political turn, placing NCP minister Dhananjay Munde in the spotlight for his connections with one of the prime accused.

The chargesheet, filed by the Special...