Updated: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 02:23 (IST) STF has exposed the illegal trade in adulterated petrol and diesel taking place from Aligarh to Eka. Five people have been arrested in this case, including a factory owner and pump operator. The illegally running pump was sealed and the tanker and cash recovered. This adulterated petrol and diesel was dangerous for the engines of vehicles. Sealed the pump on this gas. Jagran Correspondent, Firozabad. The game of adulterated petrol and diesel was going on from Aligarh to Eka. The team of the Special Task Force (STF) Noida uncovered it and arrested five people. These include the owner of Aligarh’s Parag Paints and Chemical Factory, his manager and the pump operator of Eka. The illegal pump has been sealed. Mobile phones, a tanker filled with eight thousand liters of petroleum dust and Rs 56 thousand were recovered from it. Remove advertisement just read the news Pump operator, owner of Parag Paints and Chemical Factory of Aligarh also caught STF gets information that a gang selling fake and adulterated petrol and diesel at petrol pumps through tankers is active in Aligarh, Firozabad, Hapur, Meerut, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr and surrounding districts. CO STF Navendu Singh said that with accurate information, SI Sanat Kumar along with the team reached the Chandra filling station on the canal bank in front of Jedda Jhal in Eka at 9 pm on Friday evening. On his information Inspector Eka Anil Kumar Singh, Regional Food Officer Sushil Kumar Tiwari, Supply Inspector Anil Kumar also came there. Meanwhile, a tanker stopped at the pump. Driver Pawan Giri resident of town Rangpur police station Salempur, Bulandshahr, operator Saddam resident of Bisa Colony, Bulandshahr and pump operator Chandra Vijay resident of Mustafabad Road, Shikohabad near Mata Mandir were caught. Biodiesel pump running illegally in Eka sealed, STF acted. Based on interrogation, a team reached STF Aligarh. From there, the owner of Parag Paints, Kanhaiya Lal, resident of Sasni Gate, police station Sasni Gate, Aligarh and his driver Sarvesh Kumar, resident of village Rasulpur Kala Sahaswan, police station Zarifnagar, Badaun were arrested. SI Sanat Kumar lodged an FIR against all of them in Eka police station. That evening he was sent to prison by order of the court. Similar cases were also registered against Pawan Giri and Saddam in the Kotwali Dehat Police Station of Bulandshahr in the past. This is how the game was going: According to the police, Chandra Vijay ran the pump illegally in the rural area for five months so that no one could know about him. He applied for biodiesel but did not get the license. Even if he got it, he could have only sold biodiesel but he was selling adulterated petroleum products from Kanhaiya Lal’s place at the rate of Rs 70-75 per litre. Kanhaiya’s business was looked after by his manager Sarvesh. Counterfeit petrol or diesel was dangerous for the engines of vehicles. Stock Inspector Anil Kumar said that the pump, its underground tank and the tanker itself were sealed in the night. A total of seven samples were taken to test petroleum products. Even after the pump was sealed, customers kept coming even after the pump was sealed. Customers continued to come with their vehicles on Saturday to fill up with petrol and diesel. The security guard posted at the pump was sending them back after informing them that the pump would be closed for a few days.