The truck driver wanted in connection with LPG cylinders pilferage case was absconding after by proprietor of M/s Seyie Gas Service filed an FIR against him.
Talking to Nagaland Post, proprietor K Seyie suspected that the accused, one Dipanta Phukan, driver of truck no. AS 23CC 0522, has gone into hiding possibly at his native village.
He said that law enforcing agencies have assured him to arrest the accused and deliver justice at all costs. While preliminary investigations have been conducted, the case is expected to be registered soon at South Police Station where the FIR was registered earlier.
On April 6, 2021, the accused had transported around 39 faulty cylinders to Seyie gas depot from Gopanari LPG bottling plant in neighbouring Assam, which were later distributed to customers residing in the vicinity of Officers’ Hill Colony here. The issue came to light on May 24 when videos of water oozing out from LPG cylinders went viral on social media platforms.