The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs. 2.76 crore in the Barmer crude oil theft case.
According to the ED, an investigation conducted by it under Prevention of Money Laundering Act revealed that the accused Bhoor Singh Rajpurohit and Gautam Rajpurohit stole large quantity of crude oil from Cairn India Limited. Both of them — in connivance with tanker owners, drivers, helpers and several other persons posted at loading and unloading site of Cairn India — stole the crude oil being transported through tankers.
The stolen oil was further being sold to different buyers by generating bills in the name of firms Fly Infratech and Bhanwariya and Brothers, an ED press note said.
