Udupi: Diesel Worth Rs 4,711 Taken Without Payment, Three Youths Booked
The trio allegedly arrived in the Ford EcoSport, and the person sitting in the rear seat asked the attendant to fill the vehicle's tank with diesel.
Udupi: Three youths allegedly tricked a fuel station employee into believing they had paid for diesel by scanning a QR code, before speeding away without paying the Rs 4,711 bill. They were later tracked down and arrested in Bengaluru.
Police said on Thursday that the incident took place at a fuel bunk at Subhash Nagar in Kurkalu village of Karkala taluk at around 9.10 pm on June 27.
The trio allegedly arrived in the Ford EcoSport, and the person sitting in the rear seat asked the attendant to fill the vehicle's tank with diesel.
After the fuel was filled, the bill came to Rs 4,711.09. One of them scanned the QR code shown by the employee and asked him to generate the bill. While the bill was being printed, the trio allegedly convinced the staff that payment had been made and drove away before the amount could be verified.
Based on the complaint, the Shirva Police Station registered a case under Sections 316(2) and 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.
The investigation was carried out by a team led by Karkala Deputy Superintendent of Police Vijay Prasad and Kapu Circle Inspector Azmath Ali. It comprised Shirva Police Sub-Inspector Manjunath Marabad, Lohith Kumar CS, and police personnel Harsha Bhat, Basavaraj and Dariyappa who traced the accused to Bengaluru.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mohammed Riyaz (26) of Kotekar, Mohammed Afraj (23) of Bhoothabettu in Shirva and Aashil (21) of Ambagilu in Udupi district. Police also seized the Ford EcoSport car allegedly used in the offence.
Police said the three will be produced before a court and are being questioned to ascertain whether they were involved in similar cheating cases at other fuel stations.
