Kamal Agarwal (owner of Kamal Oil Mills), Dinesh Agarwal (MD, Kamal Oil Mills), Vijay Kumar Agarwal (owner of Vijay Trading Company), Pawan Kumar (proprietor of Vikas Trading and Vikas Oil Mill) and his brother Sushil Kumar have been named in the chargesheet. The CBI has also charged the managing partner of Krishna Oil Mill & Cotton Company, Mahesh Kumar Maganlal Shah, with being a party to a criminal conspiracy with an object to adulterate mustard oil.

The six have been accused of illegally mixing argemone oil and rice barn with mustard oil, which resulted in the death of a large number of people due to dropsy. They have also been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder and causing hurt by means of poisonous substances.

Taking cognizance of the chargesheet, theCMM today issued production warrants for Kamal Agarwal, Pawan Agarwal, Sushil Kumar Agarwal, who are all in judicial custody, and Mahesh Kumar Maganlal Shah, who is in Himmat Nagar jail in Gujarat.

The court also issued non-bailable warrants against Dinesh Agarwal and Vijay Agarwal, who are absconding, for November 30. The CBI has accused Pawan Agarwal and Sushil Agarwal of selling the adulterated oil in the market. They reportedly sold it under brand names like Vandev, Tiranga and Laxmi.

The Crime Branch began investigating in August, when an FIR was filed at Najafgarh Police Station after the death of a resident due to dropsy. The case was transferred to CBI by the Ministry of Home Affairs in September.