Mangaluru: Allegations of adulterating petrol meant for aeroplanes; authorities seize two tankers
Mangaluru: After receiving verified information regarding the adulteration of aeroplane fuel with kerosene and other chemicals in Baalaa near Surathkal, an officer of the Food and Civil Supplies Department and the police reportedly conducted a raid and seized two tankers and equipment including a pick-up.
A case has been registered in this regard.
The expensive petrol, used as aeroplane fuel, was being stolen from the tanker and adulterated with kerosene, it is learned. Reportedly, an under tank, which was erected in secret, was also found during the raid. Petrol was being transferred from the two tankers into the secret under tank and being replaced with an adulterated mixture of kerosene and other chemicals, the officers informed.
Based on verified information in this regard, a team comprising the deputy director of the Food and Civil Supplies Department Manikya, food inspectors K. Pramod Kumar and Charan, and police sub-inspector Puneeth Gavankar conducted a raid and subsequently registered a case.
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Birsa Munda's great-grandson, injured in road accident, dies of cardiovascular failure in Ranchi
Ranchi (PTI): Tribal icon Birsa Munda's great-grandson Mangal Munda, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital here after being injured in a road accident, died of "cardiovascular failure" on Friday, an official of the health facility said.
He was 45.
Mangal Munda breathed his last at 12.30 am at the state's apex health facility - Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences.
Munda sustained severe head injuries after he fell from the roof of a passenger vehicle in Jharkhand's Khunti district on November 25.
"Birsa Munda's kin Mangal Munda died of cardiovascular failure around 12.30 am. He was on a ventilator after being critically injured. We tried our best to save him but failed," RIMS Medical Superintendent Dr Hiren Birua told PTI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, Union Health Minister JP Nadda and the Jharkhand Chief Minister's office were in touch with the RIMS authorities in connection with Munda's treatment.
