Sonawane Popat Shinde

• 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...

• Sonawane murder case: Key accused Popat Shinde dies

  Popat Shinde, prime accused in the murder of Additional District Collector Yashwant Sonawane, died today at a state-run hospital in Mumbai while undergoing treatment for burn injuries."Shinde died this afternoon. After conducting postmortem, the body would be handed over to police investigating the murder case of Sonawane," P P Lahane, Dean at J ...

• Proof of why Yashwant Sonawane was killed by Popat Shinde

  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...

• 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...

• 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...