Cases lodged against pump owners

KAVRE: Kavre police on Sunday lodged cheating cases against owners of four petrol pumps, which were fleecing customers, on November 27, in the district.

The cases were lodged against Atma ram Thapa, the proprietor of Banepa-based Shree Ugrachandi Oil Store; Binod Banjara, owner of Panauti-based Jay Ambe Traders; Basanta Kishan Poudel, owner of Panchkhal-based Panchkhal Oil Store; and Rajendra Prasad Gautam, owner of Mata Palanchowk Fuel Centre Panchkhal.

Department of Measurement and Quality Control found as many as six petrol pumps in the district cheating customers by using remote control and double gear on November 27.