Minister goes to fill petrol, gets Surat pump sealed for ‘cheating on quantity’
State Minister for Agriculture, Energy, and Petrochemicals Mukesh Patel directed a petrol pump in Jehangirpura area in Surat to be sealed after he found that the staffers were cheating customers on quantity of fuel.
According to officials, the minister who is an MLA from Olpad went to Niyara petrol pump that falls in his assembly constituency to fill petrol in his private vehicle late on Sunday. He posed as a common citizen and enquired why there was no display at the pump when the staffer asked him to alight and look at the board on the other side.
