Indian Oil Corporation [IOC] — Diesel filled from dealer pump suspected to be mixed with kerosene

Address:

Thrissur, Kerala

On 16th march 2016 night on my way from thrissur to bangalore on a very very urgent matter, i filled full tank diesel in my vauxvagen vento car kl 08 av 9360from anidya petrol cafe, dealer, indian oil corporation ldt.kalathode, ollukara.p.o, thrissur-680655 at about 10 pm for rs.2300.after driving about 200km the car broke down due to engine problem on the highway near salem.it was very unsafe place. tamil nadu police petrol later came and took me and my family to nearest petrol station for safety. next day morning we took the car to bangalore piloted by another car.in bangalore i took the car to the vauxvagen authorised service centre, elite motors, bangalore.after 3days scanning they found that the fuel injectors have got damaged.they stated that it was due to impurities in diesel.the cost of replacement and repair is rs.2.5lakhs.we collected sample of diesel from engine and it was suspected to be mixed with kerosene.ireturned by train and on 30th april i again went to the same pump and collected a bottle of diesel and it was smelling kerosene very badly.i immediately telephoned shri.k.n.senthil kumar, [protected], whose name was exhibitted on pumps for registering complaints.he promised to go there and take take samples on the same day and address my grievances.when i telephoned him on 1st april 2016 i was told that he has not collected the sample even.this is terribly disappointing.i do hereby request you take this seriously and pay me the compensation of rs.3 lakhs to cover atleast a portion of the losses and agony suffered by me. k. r. venugopalan.