MADURAI: Police raids and officials’ investigation in the last two days have exposed a massive cheating racket in some petrol bunks in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka etc. For every one litre of petrol, more than 40 ml is being taken away. But the meters show full quantity. So, be alert.
On 5th September 2020, Hyderabad Police Commissioner Mr.V.C. Sajjanar has given all details to the media at a press conference in Hyderabad about this dubious links between some petrol bunks and ‘chip’ suppliers. The petrol bunks that have been alerted today belong to IOC, HPCL, BPCL and Essar.
A network is operating supplying ‘electronic chips’ that are being used in fuel stations in southern States with the network connection extending to Karnataka too.
“In some bunks, it was found during the checks that 80 ml is missing but the customer is paying full amount. A gang is operating in Telangana, AP etc with a network. There is cheating taking place in some fuel stations where ‘engineered’ meters are there. So, this exposure is a warning that more physical checks must be done in petrol bunks. Some guilty persons were arrested today, the gang was identified, those giving wrong measurements are known now. There should be a complete check of display boards in petrol bunks, key boards, mother boards, software panels and integration mechanism done being done for this petrol bunk fraud,” the Hyderabad City Police Commissoner Mr.Sajjanar told the reporters on 5th September 2020.
