Held for spiking fuel
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 08 2020:
Imphal East district police caught two people including an oil tanker driver red handed while adulterating diesel at Mantripukhri Chumbreithong area today.
The raid was carried by a team of Imphal East district police led by Mayengbam Roni Additional SP Operations, under the supervision of H Jogeshchandra SP Imphal East, on getting specific information about the adulteration of fuel at Mantripukhri area.
They rushed to the spot and caught the two identified as Rohit Karki (28), s/o Bishnulal Karki of Irang Part-II, Waichong Senapati district and Shanta Das (35), s/o Shreebas Das of Sangakpham Bazar.
Speaking to media persons, Mayengbam Roni, Additional SP (Ops) said that the arrested driver Rohit revealed that the seized 12,000 KL HSD Oil Tanker reached Malom oil depot yesterday and left the Oil depot today at around noon to deliver the consignment at Garg Son's Estate Promoters Private Limited located at Old BRO Camp village Sinozang, Churachandpur district.
Rohit then contacted his accomplice Shanta Das and brought the HSD loaded tanker to a property Das owns at Mantripukhri Chumbreithong to adulterate the HSD with kerosene.
The arrested persons and the seized oil tanker along with the seized articles used in the adulteration of fuel have been handed over to Heingang Police Station for investigation and legal action.