Four held for stealing oil from ONGC wells

Ahmedabad: Crime branch on Saturday arrested four persons including former sarpanch Kanti Bajanai of Ambapur village in Mehsana.for pilfering crude oil from ONGC oil wells and pipelines. The other three arrested are Ranvir Chauhan, Tejaji Thakore and Jesingh Thakore all three are from Mehsana. Sub inspector Kiran Chaudhari of crime branch said they have seized 1,200 liters of stolen crude oil along with apparatus used and a mini truck.

"The crude oil was stolen from ONGC well at Suraj village of Mehsana. Kanti Bajania, former sarpanch of Ambapur village, use to sell the stolen crude oil at Rs 8 per liter to Ranvir," added Chaudhari.