Mumbai, Jan 25 (IBNS) Oil mafia on Tuesday burnt alive the additional district collector of Malegaon, Yashwant Sonawane, in Maharashtra’s Nashik district.
 
 Reports said that Sonawane was attacked and killed by an oil black marketer Popat Shinde and his men at Manmad, about 10 kms from Malegaon, on Tuesday afternoon.
 
 The officer had gone to conduct a raid on petrol and diesel mafia when he was attacked, as per reports.
 
 Shinde and his men resisted Sonawane and bet him up, before setting him on fire alive.
 
 The men later fled the scene.
 
 Sonwane was accompanied by his driver and personal assistant.
 
 He was known to be an upright officer and had dealt tough with oil mafia who run rackets in the area.
 
 Chief Minister Pritviraj Chavan, condemning the incident, ordered an enquiry.