Uttar Pradesh: Over 70 thousand litres of kerosene oil was seized on Saturday from a godown for illegally storing it in excessive amount in Meerut. The kerosene oil was seized by District Supply Officer (DSO) Vikas Gautam, along with a team of police. "We received information that there was a lot of excessive oil at this oil godown so we conducted a raid. We recovered at least 70,000 litres of Kerosene oil, which was intended to be distributed among the people," Vikas Gautam stated.

Raid conducted at a kerosene oil godown in Meerut. Ajay Tiwari, ADM (City) says, "70 kiloliters excessive kerosene oil was found here, it was more than what is shown in books where they had shown it was distributed among public. Action will be taken as per the law." (07.09.19) pic.twitter.com/DbaiLPJuMz

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He continued, "On paper, this oil has already been distributed among the people, however, the reality is entirely different. Prima facia, it looks like they were stealing the oil." The officer also informed that during the raid, some of the tankers in the godown were found to have been tampered. "We checked the tankers and found that they had tampered with it. Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) set up these tankers and it is their job to make sure the tanks are untampered," he added. He also informed that some IOCL officers are also present at the godown and are looking into the matter. A probe in the matter is underway.