‘Crackdown on oil adulteration will continue’

Two days after the Pune rural police seized five tankers of adulterated oil and five empty tankers allegedly used for mixing from Kharabwadi near Chakan industrial estate,Sandeep Karnik superintendent of police (Pune rural) has said such seizures will continue as and when the inputs come to police.

Karnik said,“We know oil mixing is covertly done in some parts in Pune. Our effort is to curb these illegal activities.” On Tuesday night,the Chakan police got a tip-off that some tankers carrying adulterated oil would come to Kharabwadi.

Five of the tankers that were seized were empty. In five others,oil used in foundries and light diesel oil (LDO) with suspected adulteration was found. Police sent the samples for testing and said cases would be registered based on the test reports. Police suspect the empty tankers were used for mixing oil. All the drivers of the tankers managed to escape,police said. Police are now trying to trace the original owners of the tankers.