GANG STEALING OIL FROM PUBLIC FIRM TRUCKS BUSTED, 2 HELD
JAIPUR: With the arrest of two persons, the Jaipur rural police on Monday claimed to have busted a gang stealing diesel from trucks of a public sector oil company. However, the mastermind is yet to be arrested.
“Five drums of 3,000-litre capacity and a tanker of 12,000-litre capacity belonging to Bharat Petroleum company were also seized,” Jaipur rural superintendent of police (SP) Shankar Dutt Sharma said.
“We were receiving information that diesel is been stolen from vehicles of Bharat Petroleum depot located in Jobner areas. On Monday, acting on a tip-off, a team was rushed to a hotel located in Boraj area, 200 metres away from the petroleum depot, where two people were caught unloading diesel from the official vehicle of the national company,” said Sharma.
He said that police also raided house of the mastermind, Ram Singh, near Asalpur Phatak from where four more drums of diesel were recovered.
Elaborating on the modus operandi of the gang, Sharma said, “The accused had constructed a 25 feet long tin-shed behind a hotel, which is around 2km away from the oil depot. The shed was constructed in such a manner that nobody can suspect that what is going inside that. The trucks carrying tankers would stop inside the shed and the accused would unlock the seal of the tanker using a master key. They would then steal the diesel using pipes in drums.”
The SP said that the accused would steal diesel only in limited amount to evade suspicion.
Further investigation is on.
SHANKAR DUTT SHARMA, SP
BIKANER: The French Army contingent that is in Bikaner for the Indo-french exercise, Shakti 2019, went on a sight-seeing tour of the city on Monday.
They visited the 16th-century Junagarh Fort , the Lalgarh Palace, where they had a Rajasthani t raditional l unch, and t he National Research Centre on Camel (NRCC). The French Armymen enjoyed camel ride and explored the camel museum during their visit to the NRCC, said a release from the defence public relations officer.
The contingent also picked up souvenirs for families and friends, the release added.
The contingent met Rajyashree Kumari, a member of the erstwhile royal family of Bikaner, during their visit to the city.
The military exercise took place in Mahajan Field Firing Ranges, a little away from the city, the release stated.
On Monday, acting on a tip-off, a team was rushed to a hotel located in Boraj area,.. where two people were caught unloading diesel from the official vehicle of the national company