The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Friday arrested a person, alleged to be the kingpin of inter-state crude oil pilferage racket, from Mumbai airport where he had landed from Dubai. He was wanted in two cases in the state, one of them is being probed by the ATS.
Officials said that Gupta, a resident of Gurgaon, Haryana is involved in oil theft since 2006-07 and has been held in as many as 14 cases registered in several states including Rajasthan, Bihar, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, among others. He is alleged to have been running a syndicate which would puncture crude oil pipelines and steal. So far, he is alleged to have stolen oil worth over Rs300 crore.
