Residents of Ladapanga in Daringbadi of Kandhamal district on Saturday carried buckets, jars and bottles to the nearby hilly area to collect diesel-like substance.
As per reports, initially, a local spotted the diesel-like liquid oozing out from a crevice in the rock. Out of curiosity, he then collected the liquid which was smelling like diesel. Soon, the news spread like wild fire and people gathered at the spot carrying containers to collect ‘diesel’.
A local informed the owner of a petrol pump located some 400 meter away from the spot suspecting leakage. But the petrol pump owner feigned ignorance about any such leak.
There was so much rush to collect the liquid from the crevice that police were called in for crowd control.