Two held for fuel pilferage

HYDERABAD: Weeks after a fatal fuel tanker explosion at

Chengicherla

near Ghatkesar, police arrested two persons for illegal sale of petrol and diesel at

Ghatkesar

on Friday.

Acting on a tip off, police raided a plot opposite the Vignan Engineering College in

Kondapur

and arrested B Sudhakar, 37, a farmer for illegally collecting diesel from a fuel tanker. Police also arrested the tanker driver,

K Shankar Reddy

, 41, of

Nalgonda

.

During the interrogation, Sudhakar said that he purchases diesel and petrol from tanker drivers for Rs 50 and Rs 55 per litre respectively and sells them for a profit of Rs 5 per litre.

He collected 170 liters diesel and 30 liters petrol.