Oil robbery spree
Oil robbery spree Source: Social Media

Villagers Loot Oil as Tanker Overturns in Bihar's Motihari

Oil loot in Motihari, villagers pushed
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After an oil tanker overturned in Bihar's Motihari, villagers scrambled to loot oil. The incident took place in Sugauli where a tanker carrying soybean oil overturned uncontrollably. People who reached the spot started filling oil in buckets and bottles. The video of the incident has gone viral, though the police controlled the situation.

A case of robbery of an oil tanker has come to light in Bihar's Motihari district. Here, villagers looted a tanker filled with buckets of oil overturned on a road. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media. The incident took place on the Chhapwa-Raxaul main road in Sugauli area of Motihari. It is being told that on Thursday morning, a tanker filled with soybean oil went out of control and overturned in the field near Bangra village. During this time, oil started leaking from the tanker. On the information of the overturning of the tanker filled with oil, the crowd of people started increasing and they started arriving from their homes with buckets, cans and bottles. Villagers took advantage of the opportunity and started filling oil from the tanker. However, during this time the people present on the spot made a video.

In the viral video, people are seen filling oil from an overturned tanker in the field. It is also being told that there was a fierce scuffle among the villagers in the competition to fill the oil. After getting information, the police reached the spot and controlled the crowd filling oil from the tanker, after which the people fled from there.

At present, the matter is being discussed fiercely in Motihari and people's reactions are also coming on the viral video. The police have not issued any official statement regarding the case. It is noteworthy that road accidents keep coming to the fore in Bihar. In the past, there were many road accidents in which people lost their lives.

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