No orders not to give fuel to public: Mumbai top cop

MUMBAI: A petrol pump owner from Jogshwari was detained at Meghwadi police station on Saturday for nearly three hours for dispensing petrol as requested by customers early Saturday morning. A policeman who too had come to the petrol pump to fill petrol objected to the staff dispensing petrol without checking the identity card of the customer.
However, Mumbai police commissioner Parambir Singh, said that there are no orders not to give fuel.He added that no complaint has been filed against Chaturvedi.
Chaturvedi, however, said that the police have asked them to check identities and not to dispense petrol worth over Rs 500 to those not on emergency duty.
The Petrol Dealers Association warned that if the police or other officials “harass” pump owners, they will shut all pumps in protest.