Illegal sale of petrol mixed with excessive ethanol detected in 63 petrol pumps across Bengaluru and surrounding areas

The Department of Food and Consumer Affairs detected the illegal sale of petrol mixed with i30 or higher levels of ethanol under the name i20 petrol in the state. Minister for Food and Consumer Affairs Rizwan Arshad shared this information with supporting documents during a press conference on Friday. He stated that the excessive fraud is happening in petrol pumps of both government-owned and private oil companies. Samples were collected from 63 petrol pumps in Bengaluru, Kolar, Chikkaballapura, Bengaluru Rural, Ramanagara, South Kanara, and Tumakuru, and testing revealed the sale of i30 petrol under the name i20.