Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh police has booked all the accused in the murder of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) official S Majnunath under the Gangster Act.
Superintendent of Police (Lakhimpur Kheri) Zaki Ahmed said the eight accused were booked under the Gangster Act as they had killed Manjunath to stop him from exposing a major adulterated fuel racket.
Majnunath was shot dead by Manu Mittal and his accomplices on the night of November 19 after he refused to relent under pressure of the former for a compromise.
The 27-year-old IIM-Lucknow alumni had found Mittal's fuel station in Gola Gokarn in Lakhimpur selling petrol mixed with kerosene.
Two of the accused were arrested by the Sitapur district police on the morning of November 20 when they were trying to dispose off his body.
Later, police arrested Monu, Devesh Agnihotri, Sanjay Awasthi, Lalla, Harish and Rajesh in connection with the murder.
The crime had creatred ripples in UP with IOC and IIM demanding CISF protection for officials working in the oil sector.
The IIM students had also sent Prime Minister Manmohan Singh an online petition demanding a CBI probe into the incident and adequate compensation for the kin of the deceased.
Police sources, meanwhile, said here the state government could hand over Manjunath murder case to CBI in the coming days following pressure from IOC, ONGC and the Union Petroleum ministry.
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