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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8 dead, dozens wounded in Russian strike on Ukraine's Odesa port
Kyiv (AP): Eight people were killed and 27 wounded in a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, southern Ukraine, late on Friday, Ukraine's Emergency Service said on Saturday morning.
Some of the wounded were on a bus at the epicentre of the overnight strike, the service said in a Telegram post. Trucks caught fire in the parking lot, and cars were also damaged.
The port was struck with ballistic missiles, said Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region.
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Elsewhere, Ukrainian forces hit a Russian warship and other facilities with drones, Ukraine's General Staff said in a statement on Saturday.
The nighttime attack on Friday hit the Russian warship “Okhotnik,” according to the statement posted to the Telegram messaging app.
The ship was patrolling in the Caspian Sea near an oil and gas production platform. The extent of the damage is still being clarified, the statement added.
A drilling platform at the Filanovsky oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea was also hit. The facility is operated by Russian oil giant Lukoil. Ukrainian drones also struck a radar system in the Krasnosilske area of Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
