Dibrugarh, Jan. 7: Putul Gogoi, the alleged kingpin of an oil pilferage racket in Assam, is reportedly back in business.

This was revealed during investigations carried out by police after the arrest of notorious Sulfa-turned-businessman Kajal Khan from Sivasagar district in Upper Assam on Friday.

Khan was arrested by a Dibruragh police team, led by deputy superintendent of police (headquarters) Taburam Pegu, from his dhaba at Sepon.

“There was a case pending against Khan and some of his accomplices at Lahowal police station in connection with seizure of crude oil tankers. We arrested Khan for investigation in the case and are now looking for his accomplices,” Dibrugarh superintendent of police Anurag Agarwal said.

Khan was arrested based upon the statements made by the drivers and assistants of the two tankers. He was produced before a Dibrugarh court and is now in judicial custody. “Khan has also made some statements after his arrest, which are being investigated,” a police officer involved in the probe said.

Police sources here said Khan had made shocking revelations, which were being investigated. They said Khan had revealed that Gogoi was once again managing the crude oil-theft racket in nexus with high profile persons, including politicians and senior officials of the civil and police administration.

“Khan has admitted that his dhaba is one of those roadside eateries and line hotels where tankers, carrying finished products from the Digboi Refinery of the Indian Oil Corporation, stop regularly. A significant amount of crude oil is downloaded and then refilled with water at these centres. This makes the finished product, which may be petrol, diesel or high-speed diesel, contaminated before reaching its destination,” one of the sources said.

Gogoi was one of the prime accused in the oil pilferage scam that had rocked the state a few years ago.