CBI registers cases of petro-product adulteration

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered several cases pertaining to the pilferage and adulteration of petroleum products, PDS (public distribution system) kerosene and spurious drugs during a week-long nationwide special drive. The agency carried out 85 joint surprise checks in coordination with oil companies and has so far registered 11 cases regarding adulteration of petroleum products. The CBI’s Delhi anti-corruption branch has registered five cases against a Meerut-based firm and four Jhajjar-based firms in connection with the diversion of naphtha, pentane, special boiling point solvent and other petroleum products. (May 21, 2010)