Six persons have been arrested in connection with burning alive of Malegaon additional district collector (ADC) Yashwant Sonawane even as Maharashtra Chief Minister Pritviraj Chavan ordered an enquiry into the incident.
The arrested persons include Popat Sinde, the prime accused.
Sonawane was burnt alive on Tuesday at Manmad, about 10kms from Malegaon, in Maharashtra?s Nashik district, by oil mafia.
The ADC had stopped to check suspicious oil tankers on the road while returning from a neighbouring area when the oil black marketers, led by Shinde, attacked him and set him ablaze.
Shinde also sustained burn injuries and is being treated at a hospital.
The accused will be produced at a local court in Manmad on Wednesday.
The Chief Minister, condemning the incident, ordered an enquiry.
?We will take prompt action to bring the guilty to justice,? Chavan said.
The state government Gazetted officers will hold a day-long strike on Thursday against Sonawane?s killing.
An upright officer, Sonawane was promoted as ADC after serving at a deputy collector.
His last rites were performed at Nashik on Tuesday night.
The state government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakh to family of Sonawane and said his full salary will be paid to the family till his retirement.
Sonawane is survived by his wife and two children.