Chhattisgarh’s ‘Mota Bhai’ Pulled Off ₹64 Cr Diesel Scam, Sold Fuel at Just ₹25/Litre

In Chhattisgarh, a Gujarati 'Mota Bhai' made a game of ₹ 64 Cr by providing ₹ 25 litre cheaper diesel to truck drivers. State GST near Rajnandgaon has taken a big action under the leadership of Commissioner Pushpendra Meena. The first news of this action was reported by Lalluram.com and now we are going to tell the inside story of this action. The State Tax Department raided a firm named Fenny Enterprises located in Rajnandgaon after investigating it. In the action, it was found that a Gujarati Mota Bhai started selling alleged base oil from Gujarat as diesel in trucks. Truck drivers also used to buy large quantities of cheap diesel from here at around 25 rupees per litre.

Here, by renting a closed dhaba, he kept 9 tanks of 4000-4500 litres capacity per tank in four rooms (total capacity 40,000 litres) and after installing a pump and meter in one room, he used to sell it to people by calling it diesel. Whereas the owner used to show the sale and purchase of the diesel to the GST department by calling it base oil. Petroleum company's diesel is Rs 95 per liter whereas it was being sold here at Rs 70 per liter. State GST of 9% is levied on base oil whereas 23% VAT is levied on diesel.