A mobile diesel pump selling solvent as diesel for Rs. 68/liter caught in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: A mobile “diesel pump” selling Solvent mixed “diesel” for Rs. 68 per liter against the market price of pure diesel which is 92.11 per liter was caught by Police. Drivers who would drive company-owned vehicles were filling such Rs. 68/liter fuel in vehicles and putting full value bills of Rs. 92/liter at the company.

The State Monitoring Cell (SMC) of the Gujarat police apprehended three individuals on Wednesday for selling adulterated diesel at a price of Rs 68 per liter. Police also seized a total of 3,224 liters of adulterated diesel from a “portable petrol pump” located in Moraiya village, Sanand taluka here.

As detailed in the First Information Report (FIR) filed with Changodar police by Inspector R. S. Patel on Thursday, law enforcement received a tip-off indicating that some individuals were engaged in the sale of adulterated diesel in Moraiya village along the Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway.

Upon arriving at the scene on Wednesday afternoon, the police encountered a white tanker from which an individual was dispensing diesel. Three people were apprehended at the site: Firoz Syed, aged 43, residing in Sarkhej; Bhupendra Goswami, aged 49, residing in Sanand; and Nathulal Patel, aged 49, residing in Jashodanagar. They informed the police that they were employed by Rao Tourist Services Private Limited in South Bopal, and their manager, Paramjit Singh, had instructed them to provide adulterated diesel at reduced prices. An SMC official noted that the company is owned by an individual named Vikas Rao from Delhi. Initial findings suggest that the accused used to supply inexpensive diesel to staff buses serving various automobile industries in Sanand GIDC.

Changodar police have filed crime against Syed, Goswami, Patel, Rao, Singh, and unidentified individuals. DeshGujarat