Oil Mafia

• Sand mafia allegedly set on fire Maharashtra tehsildar's vehicle

  A tehsildar escaped unhurt while his driver was injured today after unidentified persons, suspected to be sand mafia members, allegedly set on fire his official vehicle in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, police said.

• JFK's wife's secret tapes to be made public

  A series of secret audio tapes made by Jacqueline Kennedy, that may expose the truth behind JFK's assassination, are to be made public.

• Yashwant Sonawane's killers to be booked under MCOCA

  The killers of Yashwant Sonawane, Additional Collector of Nashik who was burnt alive by the oil adulteration mafia, will be booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).The police moved a Nashik court citing that Sonawane's murder was a conspiracy and a syndicate crime.Under MCOCA, statements recorded in front of an...

• Nagpur: Oil mafia attacks policemen with axes

  Barely a week after the fatal attack on Yashwant Sonawane, an additional collector at Manmad in Nashik district, there was an attack on policemen at Umred in Nagpur. Deputy Superintendent of Police Sudhakar Palandurkar and four of his men were raiding kerosene dens in rural Nagpur when a mob of nearly a 100 people attacked them.The incident clearly...

• Yashwant Sonawane had filed report against Popat Shinde five months ago

  Days after the brutal killing of Yashwant Sonawane, evidence has now surfaced to show that the Malegaon Additional Collector was building a case against Popat Shinde, the prime accused in his murder.A report prepared by Sonawane in August 2010, a copy of which is with NDTV, documents that his office seized 4000 litres of kerosene and 3000 litres of...

• No action was taken on Sonawane's report against Popat Shinde, his alleged killer

  Days after the brutal killing of Additional Collector Yashwant Sonawane, more evidence has surfaced to show that no action was taken against Popat Shinde, the prime accused in his murder, despite a detailed report given by Sonawane.The report, prepared by Sonawane in August 2010, said the police should take action against Shinde under Essential Ser...

• Thackeray on Collector Sonawane's murder by oil mafia

  Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Friday criticised the Maharashtra government over the killing of Additional District Collector Yashwant Sonawane, saying the murder has "ruined the state's image"."If a Collector-level officer is not safe in the state then the Chief Minister and Home Minister should explain who is safe here. Corrupt and unethical pr...

• Raids on oil mafia continue in Maharashtra

  The raids on the oil mafia in Maharashtra, triggered by the murder of Additional Collector Yashwant Sonawane, continued through the night. In fact the raids are still on in the Kurla area of Mumbai and in Akola district.Nearly 200 people have been taken into custody so far and close to 1250 litres of oil has been seized.The government launched a cr...

• After Sonawane's death, Govt launches crackdown on oil mafia

  As government employees went on a mass protest against the burning alive of Manmad Additional Collector Yashwant Sonawane, the government launched a crackdown on adulteration dens around kerosene depots across Maharashtra."We have already arrested more than 150 people," Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil said.The crackdown came on a day the Union O...

• Sonawane's killing: Top officers on strike in Maharashtra

  Top government officers across Maharashtra are on strike today to condemn the brazen killing of Additional Collector Yashwant Sonawane in Manmad in Maharashtra's Nasik district. The officers, close to 15 lakh in numbers, are demanding more protection for themselves and strict punishment for those behind Sonawane's killing.Work at district admi...

• 'I saw Mr Sonawane on fire, can't identify his killers'

  "I saw my boss on fire...I tried to save him...I can identify those who were there." This is the testimony of Kailash Gawli, who worked as Yashwant Sonawane's driver and was on duty when Mr Sonawane was set on fire by the oil mafia in Manmad in Maharashtra.  Mr Gawli also confirmed the police theory that Mr Sonawane was burnt alive because he ...

• Who is Popat Shinde?

  Popat Shinde has been declared the main accused in the murder of Yashwant Sonawane, the government official who was set on fire by the oil mafia in Manmad, Maharashtra.Shinde was among eight people who poured kerosene over Mr Shonawane when the Additional District Collector tried to take photographs of kerosene being stolen from an oil tanker. Mr S...

• India's shame: Official set on fire by oil mafia

  As six men accused of killing Yashwant Sonawane were brought to court today, details have begun emerging of the gory and brazen killing that has shocked India.Raju Kale, who was the personal assistant of Mr Sonawane and a prime witness in the case, said at least 10 people were involved in the attack and there was little what he and the driver could...