Omkar Oil Industries Caught Selling Underweight Cooking Oil

Kathmandu. Omkar Oil Industries Pvt. Ltd. operating at Mahadev Khola in Lele, Lalitpur has been found to have defrauded by selling cooking oil with less weight than the standard. The Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office had started an investigation based on special information that the sixari and Omkar brand sunflower oil (1 liter and 500 ml) produced by the said industry were being sent to the market with less than the specified weight in the packets. During the investigation, it was found that the actual weight of the packaged oil packets was less, and the police have taken the operator of the industry under control. Vijay Shrestha, 43, a resident of Ward No. 13, Patan, Lalitpur, who is currently operating Omkar Oil Industries, has been arrested. The police took Shrestha under control and raided various places where he had stored oil. During this, the police recovered a large quantity of oil cartons that were against the standard. According to Superintendent of Police and Information Officer Rameshwar Karki, a total of 905 cartons of sixari and Omkar brand sunflower oil were recovered, including 200 cartons from Mahadevsthan in Lele, Lalitpur, 530 cartons from Imadol, and 175 cartons from Thasikhel. The arrested Shrestha and the recovered goods have been sent to the District Police Complex Lalitpur for further investigation and necessary action regarding the fraud case, the office said.