Cuttack: A day after busting a fake edible oil manufacturing unit at Jagatpur in Cuttack, police Wednesday raided a factory that was engaged in making adulterated diesel.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided the factory in Jagatpur and seized 2,000 litres of adulterated diesel.
According to police sources, the owner of the factory, Kedareswar Swain, has been detained.
Swain used to adulterate diesel by mixing chemicals and kerosene in it.
The factory was functioning in this area for a long time, reports said.
More than 100 containers filled with fake mustard and refined oil were seized following a raid on a factory near Jagatpur truck terminal here Tuesday.
The owner of the unit, Anadi Charan Behera, was detained.
A number of labels of various prominent companies, including Ruchi Gold, Chakadola, Laxmi and Ganesh, were seized during the raid.