India, Feb. 9 -- Fourteen months after Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh was brutally killed when he tried to foil an extortion attempt by a local gang, enjoying political patronage, against a wind power company, complaints of theft, extortion, vandalism from wind power companies from the district and neighbouring Dharashiv continues.

In the last six months, the Dharashiv police have registered over 20 FIRs, with a steady stream of complaints continuing.

Sample this: A vehicle containing equipment worth lakhs was stopped by a gang near Jawalaka, Vashi taluka, Dharashiv, in November last year. The FIR lodged at Vashi police station mentions that a ransom of Rs.9 lakh was demanded by three accused to let the vehicle carrying material for Ser...