IOCL Recommends CBI Probe Into Permission Granted To Tito For Filling Stations

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) on Wednesday recommended a CBI probe into grant of permission to gangster Tito alias Syed Usman Ali to set up petrol pumps.

Stating that guidelines were violated while allotting two petrol pumps – Sayed Brothers filling station in Kendrapara town and Adhoc dealership outlet at Paradip Port Trust- in the name of the gangster, the IOCL demanded a thorough inquiry into the matter.

Earlier in the day, Odisha Crime Branch had arrested four of Tito’s associates, identified as Golden Papu, SK Abdulla, Imtiaz Khan and Jahangir Khan. They are among the eight detained on Tuesday for interrogation over their alleged links with the gangster.

Ten teams had carried out separate raids at various places in Cuttack and picked up these persons for interrogation.

Sources in the Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch said that the number of arrests may go up following interrogation of the detainees.

The gangster was sent to Barimul jail in Kendrapara district after being produced before the SDJM court here on Monday following the end of his three-day remand.

Tito was taken by the Crime Branch on remand for twelve days in three phases for interrogation on his criminal activities and business links.

Talking to the media, the gangster had said that he was innocent. A conspiracy had been hatched against him, he added.

The STF sleuths had on Sunday arrested two sharpshooters, SK Sayed and Babula, for their alleged links with the gangster. They are allegedly involved in more than 25 cases, including murder and extortion.

The STF has already sealed a furniture showroom owned by one of Tito’s relatives at Marsaghai in Kendrapara district. The raid was conducted after it came to know that the gangster had invested on this establishment.

The STF officials had also interrogated Tito’s wife Benazir Bibi at her residence at Dilarpur in the district for more than an hour over firms, petrol pumps and a luxurious car she owns.

Properties, including land, vehicles and houses, worth Rs 2 crore belonging to the gangster have also been unearthed during raids at different places.

OB Bureau

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