Mukul Rahaman, Burdwan , 16 Feb. 04 :  
Sk. Jafar Ali of Goda, Burdwan a consumer of Indane LPG connection under its dealer , State Government Employees Consumers Co-operative Stores Ltd. had procured a new LPG cylinder from its Rathtala godown last Saturday. This seems to be a very normal story, but the abnormal fact is, the LPG cylinder was filled with water instead of the cooking gas.

"I had sent Sk. Sahadat, a rickshaw puller to fetch the gas for me" said Sk. Jafar Ali, a employee of the state govt. owned State Dairy Farm. "The rickshaw puller was amazed with the weight of the cylinder & also complained it with the godown employees." continued Jafar Ali. Once they connected the cylinder, the same didn't ignite inspite of several efforts. As they tilted the cylinder, some water poured out of the connector pipe. Sk. Jafar added, "I now doubt whether this cylinder was actually filled at the company's bottling plant. This may be a case of refilled by un-authorised personnel."

Sk. Jafar lodged a complaint with the District Magistrate, after he interacted with bardhaman.com. His Consumer No. is 3171 & the Cash Memo No. 39221 dt. 14.02.04. On the eve of advertisements issued by the petro-companies, stating their achievements on the `100% customer satisfaction', this incident proves the real scenario is quite different from that advertised.