The price of honesty

Gaurav Sabnis, through his moving post, dropped this wake-up bomb on us. Manju Nathan, a sales manager with the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and alumnus of IIM-L, was murdered a couple of days back:

Nathan�s body was recovered from a vehicle in Sitapur district this morning. The vehicle, a Maruti car, reportedly belongs to one Monu, the son of Sulakshan Mittal whose petrol pump in Gola area of Lakhimpur district had been sealed by Nathan. [Link]

Why was he murdered? Simple, he sealed a petrol pump that sold adulterated fuel. All those that complain that the educated youth in this country are running away to USA or UK without serving their country or taking up plush jobs in the private sector without even considering the 'government' option, well, you guys may shut up now. We have lost two great men: Dubey and now Manju Nathan.
Gaurav says:

But not a single TV channel has carried this news today. And except for the Express Lucknow edition, no newspapers have deemed it fit to report on the front page either. People always crib about how IIM grads never do anything for the country or don't join PSUs. Here was one IIM grad who joined a PSU. Did his work honestly and in the right way. The work he did was to make our lives better. To ensure that petrol sold is not adulterated. And he was murdered in cold blood. If a CAT exam report deserves 4 separate articles, surely this deserves at least one? On the front page?

And thanks all you guys in the mainstream media. Thanks for not covering Manju's murder. NDTV, of course, was interested in 'IIMs to make CAT an online test?'
I don't know what else to say... Rest in peace Manju.

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