IndianOil manager Mahesh Shelke was stabbed to death
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Shelke was allegedly attacked with a dagger while others pelted stones, Kurunda police said. Hingoli SP Shrenik Lodha said preliminary probe showed that Umesh Pandavveer allegedly attacked Shelke with a dagger during the altercation. “The issue (stabbing of Shelke) has been taken up with the senior-most officials of the Maharashtra government and police to ensure swift and strict action against those responsible, in accordance with law,” Puri said in a post on X. IndianOil chairman A S Sahney told PTI that the company had taken up the case with the “highest authorities in Maharashtra”, seeking “swift and stringent action”. “Deeply anguished by the tragic loss of our colleague, Mahesh Shelke, who was fatally attacked while discharging his official duties in Hingoli, Maharashtra,” Sahney said.
Police have since arrested five people. What began as negotiations over handing over the petrol pump at Chondhi village in Vasmat taluka spiralled into a violent confrontation. He allegedly stabbed Shelke seven times. Some of the other accused allegedly pelted stones, creating panic at the spot. Shelke suffered grievous injuries. A Kurunda police team led by assistant police inspector Shivaji Puri reached the spot and Shelke was taken to hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. Police registered an FIR on the complaint of IndianOil senior manager Gullakantla Maniprasad. They booked five people for murder, attempt to murder, unlawful assembly and rioting, besides invoking provisions of the Arms Act. Download the TOI App.
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: An IndianOil sales manager was stabbed seven times with a dagger and killed while on duty in Hingoli district on Tuesday afternoon. On Tuesday morning, Mahesh Shelke had gone to a petrol pump as part of a team sent to seal and take over the outlet.
He joined IndianOil in 2014 and served in south India before being transferred to Maharashtra in 2024. Shelke’s killing echoes the 2005 murder of S Manjunath, a 27-year-old IOCL sales officer who was shot dead in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, after detecting irregularities at a petrol pump.
Calling it a “heinous and unacceptable act of violence”, Puri said the petroleum ministry and IndianOil would extend all possible support to Shelke’s family. The killing of an officer while on duty also drew sharp reactions from Union petroleum and natural gas minister Hardeep Singh Puri , who took up the matter with Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and DGP Sadanand Date. Shelke was manager (retail sales) with IndianOil’s Nanded office. A mechanical engineering graduate from an engineering college in Pune, he hailed from a village in Ahmedpur taluka of Latur district. For the past two years, he had been living with his family in Nanded district. Talks went on for hours. The family reportedly sought a month’s time and assured officials it would allow IOCLto take over the outlet thereafter. But the company team remained firm on sealing the pump. The stand-off then turned violent. Shelke’s body was taken to Vasmat sub-district hospital for autopsy before being handed over to his family. The attack drew strong condemnation from Centre and the oil company. For box
On Tuesday, Shelke was among the IOCL officials and employees who reached the petrol pump around noon to seal it and take possession following a dispute with the Pandavveer family, which operated the outlet.