Petrol pump in Andhra uses microchip to cheat customers

Andhra Pradesh Police raided a petrol pump at Puttur road in Chittoor district and found that a fuel dispensing machine was tampered with using a microchip.

When physically measured, the machine dispensed 40-ml less fuel per litre.

Police have taken the manager of the petrol pump into custody. A case will be registered against the petrol pump owner, the manager and the person who sold the chip, police said.