3500 litres diesel stolen from pump at Chitepimplegaon

Aurangabad, Feb 18:

In all, 3480 litres of diesel was stolen

from the petrol pump at Chitepimpalgaon on Solapur – Dhule Highway on Wednesday

morning. The owner of the pump is Pradeep Rathod, brother of corporator Pramod

Rathod.

A case has been registered at the

Chikalthana police station in this regard. The police have opined that it is

the work of some known persons from the surrounding of the petrol pump.

Rathod runs ‘Shri petrol pump’ Bharat

Petroleum Pump at Chitepimpalgaon Shivar. On Wednesday at around 1 am, the

employees of the petrol pump were sleeping as there were no vehicles for

filling the fuel. The thieves stole the diesel at around 5 am.

The thieves came to the pump by cutting

the security fencing from the backside. They had parked a vehicle on the nearby

farm to carry the stolen diesel. They stole the diesel from the 20,000 litres

capacity underground tank. In all, 3,480 litres amounting around Rs 3 lakh were

stolen in the barrels. The police opined that around 5 to 6 persons would be

involved in this theft.

Several road works are going at various places

in the district for which many heavy vehicles are being used. Stolen diesel is

sold to these vehicle owners. The thieves knew the petrol pumps' system because

they stole the diesel from the deep rod of the tank. The police are

investigating in this direction.