A petrol pump of the IndianOil at Narasighpur block in Cuttack district was sealed on Saturday for supplying adulterated fuel.
The district administration and the State Civil Supplies Corporation ltd closed the petrol pump, the only IndianOil outlet in the block following complaints by local people. They alleged that the adulterated oil damaged around 700 vehicles. A large number of people gheraoed the petrol pumpon Saturday demanding investigation into the matter. Though the petrol pump was a Kishan Seva Kendra, farmers did not get any benefits from here, alleged a local.
Narasinghpur Tehsildar Sarat Kumar Mallik, police station officer Harmohan Nayak, State Civil Supplies officer Nirod Ranjan Das,
Narasinghpur Civil Supplies Inspector Jaswant Nayak and district Weight and Measurement Inspector Gouranga Jena were present when the facility was sealed.
Three months ago, police had conducted a raid on the pump and imposed a fine of Rs 12,000. Earlier, the Athagarh sub-Collector had sealed the pump, but it was reopened within two days.