MARGAO
It's exactly four-months now since public spirited citizens from the coastal village allegedly caught red handed unscrupulous gas agency workers while in the process of transferring gas from a domestic cylinder into an empty one.
Sadly, neither the Police have managed to lay bare the modus operandi adopted by the unscrupulous workers to unseal the LPG cylinder nor has the men-in-uniform arrested the accused involved in the pilferage. And, though it's now exactly four months since the shocking in
cident came to light, the police are yet to be file a charge sheet in the court of law.
When The Goan contacted investigation officer, Margao Sub-Divisional Police Officer, DySP Raju Raut Desai to shed light on the investigations, he said the petroleum companies have denied that the LPG cylinder's seal was tampered with by the workers, throwing a challenge to the police to get to the root of the issue as the members of the public had seen how the seal on the cylinder was lying down when the alleged pilferage was taking place.
DySP Raju, however, said that he has sought clarification from the petroleum companies to justify their claim ruling out pilferage when the photographs and video footage shows the contrary. "The question of charge sheeting the case will arise only after the investigations is complete", he said, while not setting any time frame to cap the investigations.
Investigations into the LPG gas pilferage, that had sent shock waves along the coastal belt and outside, had been dragging on for the last four months without the Goa police coming to any conclusion till date.
Initially, the case was being investigated by the Colva police before the probe was handed over to the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Margao since a Sub-divisional Police is the designated police officer to probe into offenses relating to petroleum products.
Sources in the police department informed that the police had recorded the statements of a number of witnesses in connection with the case, but the modus operandi adopted by the accused persons to tamper with the cylinder seal without leaving any damage on the seal.
While the Colva police had recovered a devise, which was found connected to the two LPG cylinders, indicating that the gas was in the process of being pilfered by the workers, mystery still continues how the seal was tampered with sans any damage.
When The Goan contacted investigation officer, Margao Sub-Divisional Police Officer, DySP Raju Raut Desai to shed light on the investigations, he said the petroleum companies have denied that the LPG cylinder's seal was tampered with by the workers, throwing a challenge to the police to get to the root of the issue as the members of the public had seen how the seal on the cylinder was lying down when the alleged pilferage was taking place.
DySP Raju, however, said that he has sought clarification from the petroleum companies to justify their claim ruling out pilferage when the photographs and video footage shows the contrary. "The question of charge sheeting the case will arise only after the investigations is complete", he said, while not setting any time frame to cap the investigations.
Investigations into the LPG gas pilferage, that had sent shock waves along the coastal belt and outside, had been dragging on for the last four months without the Goa police coming to any conclusion till date.
Initially, the case was being investigated by the Colva police before the probe was handed over to the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Margao since a Sub-divisional Police is the designated police officer to probe into offenses relating to petroleum products.
Sources in the police department informed that the police had recorded the statements of a number of witnesses in connection with the case, but the modus operandi adopted by the accused persons to tamper with the cylinder seal without leaving any damage on the seal.
While the Colva police had recovered a devise, which was found connected to the two LPG cylinders, indicating that the gas was in the process of being pilfered by the workers, mystery still continues how the seal was tampered with sans any damage.
