Legendary Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar wrote the script \for the blockbuster film Samana nearly 50 years ago. The pathbreaking movie depicted a district satrap dominating the cooperative sector, morphing into a dictator, and ultimately ruining his career after murdering a former Army jawan who challenged him. Fiction seems to have turned into reality in Maharashtra, as a strikingly similar political drama unfolds in the state’s Marathwada region, specifically in Beed district.
For 21 days, the state has been gripped by political turmoil surrounding the brutal murder of BJP village chief (sarpanch) Santosh Deshmukh. The three accused in the case, allegedly political activists, remain absconding, turning this into one of Maharashtra's most contentious issues.
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