Rajkot: A racket of stealing imported coal was busted by the employees of Digvijay Cement Company (DCC) having a manufacturing facility at Sikka in Jamnagar. Police have booked three truck drivers for criminal breach of trust for stealing 96 tonne imported coal.
According to a police complaint registered with Sikka police station by engineer of DCC Hardevsinh Chudasama, the truck driver used to replace the imported coal with inferior quality coal while transporting it from the Deendayal Port in Kandla to the manufacturing unit in Sikka.
The DCC imports coal from Singapore to Deendayal Port. The company has agreement with five transport firms to transport the imported coal from Kandla to Sikka.
Three trucks, each carrying 32 tonne coal arrived at Sikka facility on October 25. Two trucks were unloaded and while the third was being unload, Chudasama got suspicious about the quality of the coal.
He informed his lab technician Jitesh Rawal but by that time he arrived the truck driver ran away.
K R Sisodiya police inspector of Sikka police station said “On testing it was found that the coal in the three trucks was not the imported coal but was of inferior quality. The imported coal might have been changed between Kandla and Sikka. We are investigating the matter.”