Samples fail test, pump owners kill fuel inspector

The employees were passing through Mohali in Uttar Pradesh8217;s Sitapur district around 1.30 am when police stopped them.

The driver of their vehicle sped away instead and it was only when police caught up with the car that they found Manjunath8217;s blood-splattered body on the backseat.

Driver Vivek Sharma confessed that Monu had directed him and pump attendant Rakesh Anand 8220;to put the corpse in the dead man8217;s Maruti and dump it at a desolate area on GT Road8221;, the FIR filed by Mohali police says.

Police say seven people have been named in the conspiracy to murder Manjunath. 8216;8216;Four people have been arrested, but prime accused Monu and his father are absconding,8217;8217; said a police official

IOC chairman Sarthak Behuria said Manjunath8217;s body was flown today to his relatives in his hometown Bangalore. He added that Mittal Automobiles8217; dealership has been terminated and IOC officials in Uttar Pradesh had asked for more protection for its sales officers.