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Main accused held for siphoning fuel from refinery tankers in Hisar; 901 litres of diesel, petrol, chemicals seized

Panchkula, Sep 21 (UNI) Haryana Police have arrested the alleged main accused in a racket involving the illegal siphoning and sale of fuel from tankers leaving an Indian Oil refinery in Hisar district and recovered about 901 litres of diesel, petrol and chemicals, police said on Monday.
The accused, identified as Arun, was arrested in a joint operation by the Barwala police station team and the security branch following information that fuel was being illegally extracted from around 40 oil tankers at Ankur Dhaba in Badhawar village on the Jind-Barwala road, police said.
The main gate of the Indian Oil refinery is located at Bayana Khera village under Barwala police station, from where tankers transport petroleum products to different districts of Haryana, according to police.
"About 901 litres of diesel, petrol and chemicals, allegedly extracted from tankers leaving the refinery, were recovered from the accused," police said.
Hisar Superintendent of Police Siddhant Jain said police had stepped up surveillance in the Hisar and Hansi areas to curb illegal extraction of fuel from refinery tankers.
"Illegal extraction, theft or sale of fuel from tankers leaving the refinery will not be tolerated. Strict legal action will be taken against every person found involved in such activities," Jain said.
Police said Arun would be produced before a court and his remand sought to identify other people and tanker drivers allegedly involved in the operation and establish the wider network behind the fuel diversion.
Further investigation is underway.
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