India, April 19 -- Suspended Beed police sub-inspector Ranjit Kasale has been formally dismissed from service following allegations of his involvement in an alleged plot to kill Walmik Karad, the main accused in the murder of Santosh Deshmukh.

Deshmukh, the sarpanch of Massajog village in Beed district, was abducted and tortured to death on December 9 last year allegedly for attempting to stop an extortion bid targeting an energy company. Karad, close aide of former cabinet minister Dhananjay Munde, is among the eight persons arrested so far and booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

Kasale landed at Pune airport from Delhi on Thursday evening and declared that he will surrender before the Pune po...