BHAIRAHAWA, MAY 08 -
Police on Thursday arrested Nagendra Kurmi, head of Nepal Oil Corporation
depot at Bhalbari, in suspicion of his involvement in theft of petroleum products imported by the corporation from India.
SP Bikram Singh Thapa said that Kurmi was arrested after NOC officers
Rabindra Kumar Raut and Dipendra Basnyat, who are in police custody for
the past five days, and drivers and helpers of the tankers, from which
the petroleum products were stolen, named Kurmi during interrogation.
SP Thapa said that further investigation would reveal Kurmi's involvement in the theft.
Police had found 19 tankers taking out diesel deceitfully during a raid
conducted at two petrol pumps and two godowns at Padsari and Madauliya
in Rupandehi and confiscated 17,000 litres of diesel.
Following the revelation of petroleum theft, arrest warrant was issued against 16 tanker owners.
Meanwhile, Paschimanchal Tanker Entrepreneurs Association has continued
to halt the transportation of petroleum products from India demanding
the release of tanker owners arrested after the raid.
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