On the run for over 20 days, Walmik Karad surrenders
Hindustan TimesPUNE: Walmik Karad, close confidante of state minister Dhananjay Munde who has been on the run since December 11 following the horrific murder of Massajog sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh, surrendered at the State Criminal Investigation department in Pune on Tuesday morning in a case pertaining to an extortion bid. Walmik Karad surrendered at State Criminal Investigation department in Pune on Tuesday morning in case pertaining to extortion bid. “Today at around 12.30 pm, the suspect on the run Walmik Karad surrendered, following which we arrested him and the preliminary inquiry was conducted,” said Sarang Awad, CID inspector-general. For further investigation, we have handed him over to the Beed CID team led by the deputy superintendent of police.” Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, while reacting to Karad’s arrest, said, “Our investigation was speedy, and as a result, Walmik Karad had no option but to surrender to the police.