The Police Headquarters has instructed the intelligence units to keep a close watch on filling stations and those who are causing unnecessary disturbances and extortion.
The Police Headquarters has received a number of complaints alleging that people staying near many filling stations in urban as well as rural areas have been forcibly obtaining fuel and selling it at higher prices, giving fuel only to their friends’ vehicles and extorting money.
In the last few days, organized groups have been searching for filling station owners, threatening them, and taking control of the stations.
It is learned that many filling station owners have not even informed the police about this due to the fear of those groups.
The Army is currently being deployed to guard the filling stations. If his filling station needs military protection, the owner of the filling station should inform the relevant authorities.
But many filling station owners say they do not seek military protection because of continued pressure from extortionists and rioters.
It is said that many extortionists and rioters exert pressure on the owners of the filling stations as they will be hampered in any way if the army is somehow attached to the filling stations.
The extortionists and rioters have been identified as local politicians as well as various racketeers, an investigating officer said.
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