MALAPPURAM: The owner of a car fled after cheating a pump employee without paying after refilling diesel for Rs 3000 from the petrol bunk. The incident happened the other day at 1.30 am.

A team in a car reached the petrol pump situated on Changaramkulam Thrissur Road and refilled diesel for Rs 3000. After filling the fuel, they immediately fled driving the car speedily. Though the pump employee ran after them, the car did not stop. They came in a swift car. They had made changes in the car’s number. The owner of the pump filed a complaint with the Changaramkulam police.