Dimapur, June 29: In the aftermath of exposure of fuel adulteration racket in Dimapur, ACAUT Nagaland urged the police to immediately arrest all the kingpins of the racket within 7 days from the day the raid was carried out.
The ACAUT Nagaland in a representation to Commissioner of Police said, “The Kingpins have been identified as Dinanath, Srikanth, Umesh, Navel, Romeo, Ajay and Lalmohan. The list of names is not exclusive. The assets and properties of these individuals must be sealed till the investigation is complete as in all likelihood these were procured through illegal means and upon establishing the guilt of the accused persons the assets must be proportionally auctioned off.”
The ACAUT said, the racket being an inter-state operation, complicity of high officials, including politicians should be thoroughly probed without fear or favour. The names of all the kickback beneficiaries should be made public, it added.
Stating that some of the kingpins are known to be running several fuel stations in various districts, including Dimapur, the ACAUT demanded that the names of all fuel stations be revealed, sealed and then publicly auctioned off.
The ACAUT also said, the landlords being culpable in the adulteration racket, apart from being prosecuted under relevant sections of the law, the district administration should seize the properties from where the adulteration was being carried out and the property auctioned off once culpability is established. “The landlord of Nagami filling station, Chumukedima is one Direng Lungalang; landlord of the premises at 5th Mile, Model Village, is one Nongtok Jamir; landlord of the premises at Old Tata Parking is one Yeshi Ao. As for the landlord of those 3 fuel adulteration premises at Ghorapatti, the ACAUT has no information.”
“The complicity of the Food & Civil Supplies Department in this racket is beyond doubt. In all the raided premises, massive quantity of SK oil was found which indicates that SK Oil is being diverted to the black market for fuel adulteration purpose. Therefore, this angle should be thoroughly probed and the result made public within one week.”
“19 tankers of various make with minimum 12,000 L capacities fully loaded with SK Oil ( Bluecolour) were found inside the 6 premises. The minimum total of SK Oil calculable from these tankers is 228,000 litres.”
“Tens of containers-2000L and 1000L plastic tanks, above 5000 L iron containers, drums, and 12,000 L tanks were discovered filled with SK Oil amounting to not less than 150,000 litres. If we calculate the approximate value of the seized SK oil in the open market @the rate of Rs. 50 per litre, it comes to around Rs. 2 Crores.”
The ACAUT demanded that the seized SK Oil be distributed to the beneficiaries in all the districts and that the seized items, including the 19 fuel tankers be auctioned off.
“The seriousness of the fuel racket is borne by the fact that household paints (Asian Paint brand) and industrial paints (Zero solvent) are used to adulterate the fuel along with SK Oil. The ACAUT has so far filed FIRs in West PS and Diphupar PS.”
The ACAUT strongly urged the authority to withstand all sorts of pressures and carry out the investigation to its fullest and reassure the hapless citizens that the law is paramount.
The ACAUT has also lodged FIR against the Food &Civil Supplies department.
As per public demand, the EAC sealed the premises of Nagami petrol pump, Chumoukedima on June 27. The ACAUT urged the youths in the districts to visit the fuel outlets/petrol pumps and conduct fuel density test to find out whether the consumers are getting good quality fuel. “The assistance of the local Weights & Measures department can be enlisted for this purpose.”
