India, June 2 -- Video of a car owner in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur purportedly making allegations on a petrol pump of inflated bill has gone viral on social media, prompting even the district administration to reportedly order an immediate investigation.

According to the vehicle owner, Charan Singh, he took his new Volkswagen Virtus - which he said has a capacity of 45 litres of fuel - to petrol station in Harsh Nagar with the fuel indicator showing a near-empty tank.

He alleged in a video that the petrol pump attendants initially pumped in around 41 litres of fuel, making him question the pause in the filling process. The attendants allegedly told him that large volumes of fuel are filled in two instalments and went on to fill the tank up...