Oil pilferage racket busted, 1 held in Bhiwandi

THANE: The Kalwa police busted an oil pilferage racket and arrested a 28-year-old driver near Ambewadi area in Bhiwandi on Saturday. The driver had stolen oil from a transport truck which he was driving.


The accused has been identified as Samir Khan, a resident of Sewri.

The police said that the driver was working with a transportation company and was assigned to transport the 16 tonne oil from BPCA company to a chemical and agriculture manufacturing company in Ratnagiri .

The police seized nearly 500 kg of oil which was pilfered from the 16 tonne of the stock. The accused used to collect the stock from a man who used to pay him Rs 6,000 for it. The cops have launched a manhunt to nab the other accused involved in the racket.

A case was registered with the Kalwa police under Sections 420, 406 and 379 of the Indian Penal Code.

The police suspect that the accused might have diluted some other chemical or oil with the original stock to increase the quanitity.