1.6 lakh litres of adulterated diesel seized in North

The Anti-Adulteration Cell of the petroleum ministry on Wednesday seized 1,60,000 litres of adulterated diesel near Mondaka village on Rohtak Road. It raided the godown of Raj Chemicals where they identified around 800 barrels of adulterated diesel. Sources said that after tip off the cell raided the godown and found barrels containing kerosene mixed with certain chemicals which were being sold off as diesel. The chemicals which were mixed with kerosene gave it the density required to pass off as diesel. On being put through density test, the adulterated fuel gave a density very close to diesel. The anti adulteration cell collected samples of the lots in which the barrels were kept and have sent the samples to laboratories for test. Sources also said that the raid would go on till late in the evening. The owners of the godown could not even produce the required documents and papers for storing such huge quantity of HSD.