Morung Express News
Dimapur | August 8
A key person in the fuel adulteration chain continues to evade capture. As per the police, finding the person will be crucial to the ongoing probe to clear up the fuel adulteration exposé.
IGP (Range) Wabang Jamir, head of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) told The Morung Express on August 8 that they are on the lookout for a man, whose arrest will be a key link to the investigation. The unnamed man is suspected to have specialised in chemically transforming the density and appearance of kerosene for eventual blending with petrol or diesel. Updating the status of the investigation, the IGP informed that the SIT is waiting for forensic reports to arrive. Samples of the chemicals recovered from fuel adulteration units exposed by the ACAUT on June 27 have been sent for forensic analysis. The SIT is in the midst of verifying the credentials of the trucks and are trying to establish the source of the huge quantity of kerosene found at the sites, added the IGP. In this regard, he said that it has collected information from the Food & Civil Supplies department.
Among the chemicals sent for analysis included ‘zero solvent’, a liquid industrial chemical product, besides others in powder form. The quantity of the seized kerosene is estimated to be well over a lakh in litres with the police seizing 81,000 litres from one unit alone.
Asked on the number of arrests made thus far, the IGP said that those who were arrested have obtained bailed, while adding that it has written to the court to cancel the bails. As per the last count, the Dimapur police had arrested 12 persons in relation to the case.
