Rajasthan Police have dismantled a gang involved in a massive coal adulteration scheme, arresting 32-year-old Irfan in a raid on Friday, a senior official announced. The syndicate, operating out of a shuttered factory in Bhujela along the Pindwara-Aburoad National Highway 27, was tampering with high-quality petcoke imported from the US, defrauding cement and steel industries out of crores of rupees.

Additional Director General of Police (Crime) Dinesh MN revealed that the Crime Investigation Branch had been tracking the operation for months, following tips about Gujarat-based "coal mafias." The gang allegedly bribed truck drivers to siphon off 5-10 tonnes of pure coal per vehicle, replacing it with fake coal powder "dust" to match the weight. This adulterated coal was then sold to small industrial units, netting the gang daily profits of Rs 1-1.5 lakh by stealing 15-20 tonnes of coal each day.

During the raid, police seized two trucks, a loader, and a dozer machine from the Bhujela factory. Irfan, apprehended at the scene, confessed to buying coal from drivers at Rs 5,000-7,000 per ton before adulterating and reselling it. The Rajasthan Police have formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe further, suspecting connections with broader networks, possibly extending to end buyers in other states. This bust marks a significant step in curbing the illicit coal trade plaguing India’s industrial supply chain.

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