New Delhi, June 17 -- State-run oil marketing company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has dismissed claims circulating on social media that ants gathering around vehicle fuel filler caps are linked to the use of E20 petrol, saying such assertions have "no scientific basis."

In a clarification posted on social media platform X, BPCL said it had examined the claims and found no evidence supporting any connection between ethanol-blended petrol and ant attraction.

"BPCL has examined the claims circulating on social media regarding ants congregating around vehicle fuel filler caps and their alleged association with E20 petrol," the company said.

Explaining the composition of fuel-grade ethanol, BPCL said the ethanol used for ble...