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Shipping officials held for oil pilferage
11 persons, including the MD and director of Raj Shipping Agency Limited, have been arrested for pilfering diesel meant for the Navy.
The crime branch which is investigating the case suspect that the Navy has incurred a loss of over Rs 60 crore during the last 10 years due to the scam.
The accused would sell the pilfered oil to small ship owners for Rs 30 per litre whereas the market price was between Rs 37 and Rs 40 per litre. The police is now questioning all ship owners who had purchased the pilfered oil.
The arrested accused included Avaksi Kerfegar Doctor, managing director of Raj Shipping Agency Ltd, Parvez Mehta (director), Santosh Putran, Dilip Taki and Suresh Tawde (all supervisors).
Besides, Chandrasen Khandagle (oiler, Raj Tara barge), Saubur Mandal (Raj Tara), Shahjahan Mullah (engine driver), Shubhankar Bishwas (seaman, Raj Tara), Damu Vaskar (Ravi Charan barge) and Bishweshwar Pramanik (engine operator, Ravi Charan) were also held. They were sent to police custody till February 3.
TOI had on January 22 reported that the crime branch had detained two ships containing 2.52 lakh litres of low sulphur, high flash high-speed diesel worth Rs 93.42 lakh.
These vessels owned by Raj Shipping supplied diesel to the Navy on behalf of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).
To deliver the consignment, an oil tank would be loaded on a ship, with two water tanks kept on either side to maintain balance.
The water tanks are usually connected to the oil tank so that in the event of a leakage, the oil does not leak into the sea and would instead go into the water tank.
The modus operandi was such that the accused would not fill water into the tanks kept on the side most of the time and instead divert the oil to them. "We suspect these activities have been going on for over 10 years," investigating officer, Anil Mahabole said.
The Navy's weekly requirement is over 3,000 tonnes of diesel for its 20 vessels. The matter came to light when there was a shortage of diesel at the Naval dockyard.
Officials made inquiries and found that the actual quantity of diesel mentioned on the receipt was more than the quantity that was received.
Officials of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation are also being probed.
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