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Tense situation at fuel station; airman accused of selling tokens
View(s):Police, Airforce deny charge, say argument broke out between people in CPC and LIOC queues
By Yoshitha Perera
An airman overseeing token distribution at an LIOC filling station in Piliyandala had reportedly collected Rs.500 for each token and started a new queue ignoring those who had been waiting in line for days, creating a tense situation, the Sunday Times learns.
Nearly 600 tokens had been distributed earlier at this filling station to those who had been in the queue for almost three days.
“The oil stock that was delivered on Friday, after we waited two days, was improperly distributed. The airman in charge of token distribution organised a new line and provided fuel for 140 vehicles,” a three-wheeler driver who had waited in the line for three days said, adding that the officer had charged for the tokens.
Others in the queue also supported his claim.
However, Police and Air Force personnel refuted the charge saying the incident was related to an argument that broke out between people waiting in the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) queue and the LIOC with both filling stations being close to each other.
Police said a manager at one of the filling stations had reported a fight between people waiting in the two respective queues.
The Air Force is in charge of distributing tokens at the seven filling stations in Piliyandala, police said.
Air Force Spokesman Group Captain Dushan Wijesinghe said a brawl had been reported between people staying in both queues.
“We are unable to manage the fuel distribution at the LIOC sheds. We only manage the token distribution mechanism,” he said.
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