TN petrol pumps threaten UPI boycott over bank freezes, cybercrime-linked police action

CHENNAI: Petrol pump operators the state have threatened to stop accepting UPI and other digital payments across the state, citing a growing risk of arbitrary bank account freezes and police action arising from disputed transactions linked to cybercrime investigations.

Tamil Nadu Petroleum Dealers Association (TNPDA) president KP Murali, who wrote a letter to Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, said dealers were being treated as suspects in cybercrime cases despite they having no means of verifying the identity or source of funds of customers who pay digitally.