Oil mafias go underground as raids continue
CNN-IBN
Updated Jan 28, 2011 at 10:40am IST
Nasik: Fuel mafias went underground to avoid arrests after the crackdown on mafia networks began on Thursday in Maharashtra.
However, raids on other consumer product (milk/fuel/illegal sand mining etc) adulterators are to be continued on Friday by local police teams of various districts.
Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil had ordered the crackdown and asked the police to provide assistance to raiding parties on priority following the murder incident of Malegaon Additional District Collector Yahswant Sonawane.
Oil mafias go underground as raids continue
After the orders from the government, Maharahtra Police on Thursday started a crackdown on adulteration mafias across the state.
Over 200 locations were raided on Thursday in several districts, in which more than 200 people have been arrested under various acts.
Meanwhile, the Centre on Thursday said that the subsidy on kerosene is the reason why the mafia is flourishing. "The states need to tighten their distribution of kerosene," said Minister of States for Petroleum RPN Singh.
However, Union Minister of Petroleum Jaipal Reddy ruled out any reduction in subsidy for 'politically sensitive' kerosene and diesel.
With the Union Petroleum Ministry joined the action, more raids are expected, not only in Maharshtra but across the country.
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