Over 80,000 gazette officers in Maharashtra today went on a cease work to protest the killing of Additional District Collector Yashwant Sonawane by members of the oil Mafia.President of the Maharashtra Gazetted Officers Association Mahasangh Ravindra Dhongade said that they have not announced the protest as a strike but they are shunning work to register protest against the gruesome act which has shaken the government employees.The government employees will hold a protest meeting at the State Secretariat in Mumbai.These officers met Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan who assured them that a thorough probe will be conducted into the incident.Additional District Collector Yashwant Sonawane was burnt alive by suspected members of local oil Mafia. Eleven persons have been arrested in this confection so far.Meanwhile, the Maharashtra government has carried out simultaneous raids on oil adulterers across the state. AIR Correspondents from various parts of Maharashtra report that the raids were conducted in parts of Nashik, Jalna and Malegaon. AIR Correspondent from Sindhudurg reports that the local police have taken action against 30 persons as a preventive measure. Sunil Kolhe, Superintendent of Police, Sindhudurg, said that out of 30, one person is involved in oil adulteration while the others belong to the sand mafia. This crackdown from the government comes after Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said that the ambit of the probe in the officer's murder be expanded to include the entire oil mafia nexus.