Indore, April 2 A case of fraud has been registered against seven customers from Indore who are associated with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), for allegedly misusing more than Rs 5.7 crore that was wrongly deposited in their digital wallets, police said on Thursday.
Police are also investigating how the digital wallets of approximately 1,000 customers of BPCL's 'Smart Fleet' scheme were incorrectly recharged with a total of Rs 129.55 crore, an official said.
A case under Section 420 (fraud) of the Indian Penal Code and other relevant provisions was registered at the Kshipra police station based on a complaint filed by a BPCL official, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Umakant Chaudhary.
A data analysis conducted by the public sector oil marketing company in March 2023 revealed that the digital wallets of 1,093 customers across the country had been recharged with a total of Rs 129.55 crore, despite the fact that no payments had been made towards these recharges.
The company then blocked the 'Smart Fleet' accounts of all these customers.
Vishal Singh, Shashi Singh, Dalveer Singh, Baljinder Singh, Wahid Khan, Narendra Singh Basu, and Balbir Singh, all from Indore, were among these customers, said the police official.
The company asked all those whose wallets had been incorrectly recharged to return the money, but these seven individuals allegedly failed to return the money despite repeated communication from BPCL, said Chaudhary.
"An FIR has been registered. We are also investigating how this suspicious recharging took place," the DySP said.
BPCL's 'Smart Fleet' scheme allows transporters or truck fleet owners to purchase fuel across the country using OTP-based virtual cards.