Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Vigilance busted a racket preparing adulterate diesel

Vigilance sleuths busted a racket that was preparing adulterate petrol and diesel adding kerosene in Sambalpur on Saturday. Surprisingly the place was located just beck side of the Ainthapali police station of the town but the nefarious act was going on unnoticed over the past few years. The vigilance team seized 30 thousand liters of diesel 14 thousand liters of kerosene and various instruments and machines including pump set, gas cutter, wielding machine, drams etc. The team also seized two tankers from the spot.

Sources said, vigilance came to know about it from a tip off and raided the place with out the knowledge of the local police. Named as Birla complex, the place with number of shopping rooms was under the occupation of Durjodhan Kumbhar who was reportedly running the trade along with his brother-in law.

“By cutting the cover hook with the help of gas cutter, they were drawing diesel from the taker with out destroying the company seal and wielded the cover after refilling same amount of kerosene.”, a senior officer of vigilance told. “A case has been registered by collecting sample for chemical examination’, the officer told.

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