Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 12 2010:
A non local has been taken into custody by Singjamei police on charges of selling adulterated kerosine oil.
The non-local identified as Rajesh Baneya (30) s/o Shankar Baneya of Ahmedabad in Uttar Pradesh stays at a rented quarter in Mahabali Makha Kabui Khul.
He is also a masonry.
A police source said Rajesh confessed to have sold kerosine mixed with water at Lamlong Keithel (Bazar) yesterday along with one Md Nanao (35) of Hatta.
One Ayekpam Ongbi Ganga Devi of Singjamei Wangma Kshetri Leikai, who reportedly purchased the adulterated kerosine oil, spotted Rajesh Baneya at Lamlong Keithel this morning when she along with her son went there.
Ganga Devi took Rajesh to Singjamei police station, where he is being detained along with a jerrycan containing the kerosine mixer and a plastic bottle.
The duped lady told mediapersons that Md Nanao demonstrated quality of the kerosine by dipping a paper inside a plastic container and set it afire which convinced Ganga to purchase six litres at Rs 60 per litre.
however, after reaching home Ganga discovered that the kerosine oil had been adulterated when she put the same in a transparent plastic bottle.
While minimal percentage of kerosine oil floated above murky water stayed at the bottom half, the woman narrated while adding that Md Nanao could not be found at Lamlong Keithel.