UP Petrol pump scam: Beware! You may be made to pay 10% more for petrol

On a tip-off, STF sleuths picked up an electrician who used to instal these chips

The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) raided seven petrol pumps here which were allegedly using a remote-controlled electronic chip in fuel dispensing machines to dupe unsuspecting consumers.

All the seven petrol pumps have been sealed and about 14 people were being questioned in this connection, ASP (STF) Arvind Chaturvedi said today.

On a tip-off, STF sleuths last night picked up an electrician who used to instal these chips in petrol dispensing machines which reduced the fuel output, he said.

"On his information, we carried out raids in seven petrol pumps and found that all of them