Nashik, July 14 -- A first information report (FIR) was filed on Tuesday, July 14, against popular YouTuber Manish Kashyap and three others for their coverage regarding ethanol-blended petrol (E20).

The FIR says Kashyap and others spread misleading information about E20. He uploaded a video on his channel, Manish Kashyap Son of Bihar, claiming that his Toyota Innova Hycross developed breakdown-like issues after being fuelled with E20 petrol, despite the model being officially certified as compatible with fuel containing up to 20 per cent ethanol.

In one of the videos, he displayed fuel samples collected from different parts of the vehicle's fuel system, alleging they showed unusually high ethanol content and visible contamination.

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