Chandigarh: Duo drives off without paying for diesel worth ₹26,500

Vijay Kumar, who works as a customer attendant at the petrol pump in Chandigarh’s Sector 55, said two unidentified men visited the pump around 6.30 am in a white SUV with a Punjab registration number

Two youths in an SUV drove off without paying for diesel worth ₹26,500 at a petrol pump in Sector 55 on Friday morning.

The petrol pump attendant said the car driver first asked him to fill up the tank and then also got several plastic cans filled, leading to a total bill of ₹26,500. (Reuters)

Vijay Kumar, who works as a customer attendant at the petrol pump, said two unidentified men visited the pump around 6.30 am in a white SUV with a Punjab registration number. The driver first asked him to fill up the tank and then also got several plastic cans filled, leading to a total bill of ₹26,500. But when it came to paying for the fuel, the duo sped away.

Police at the Sector-39 station have booked the accused under Sections 420 (cheating), 473 (making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable otherwise) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code, and launched a probe to arrest them.