Announcing test results in Bengaluru, Karnataka's Consumer Affairs Minister Rizwan Arshad said the department had collected 63 petrol samples from across the state, and these showed up to 31.2 per cent ethanol as opposed to the declared 20 per cent. Citing lab tests, Karnataka claims that petrol samples from several fuel stations contained ethanol levels exceeding 20%, with IOCL recording 31.2% and HPCL 30.5%.