India, Oct. 29 -- Former Thane mayor Meenakshi Shinde stepped down as Shiv Sena's district women's wing chief amid allegations of involvement in Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Pradeep Purnekar's murder.

Purnekar's family has been demanding Meenakshi Shinde and her husband Rajendra's arrest. His son, Ram, said that only resignation is not enough and Meenakshi Shinde must be arrested.

In her resignation letter to Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde on Thursday, she said she was deeply pained by the allegations being made against her. "It is distressing to see a conspiracy being orchestrated by people from various political parties coming together to level allegations against me and thereby putting you, as the party leader...under pressure," she said in...