Berhampur: Ganjam police busted a unit for adulterating and duplicating fuels including kerosene, petrol and diesel in Bhaliajhola village near Patapur in this district Wednesday night and seized a huge cache of spurious oil.
According to sources, the unauthorised unit was under police’s watch for the last couple of days following a tip-off on its involvement in the illegal practice.
A group of officials led by Berhampur Sub Collector Siddharth Shankar Swain raided the unit in the evening and examined the fuels kept there.
While the owner as well as the entire staff succeeded to give the team a slip, it managed to seize spurious diesel weighing around 2,500 litres from the spot during the raid which continued till 9 pm.
Police sources said the racketeers were preparing duplicate diesel and petrol by mixing up different chemicals in kerosene. They were also mixing kerosene in diesel and petrol before sending them to market.
Man hunt has been launched in the district to nab the accused.
