Delhi: 3 Arrested For Hoarding LPG Cylinders To Sell Them At Premium Prices; Many Cylinders Found
New Delhi: Delhi police on Sunday, March 22, arrested three men in Southwest Delhi’s Mahipalpur for allegedly hoarding LPG cylinders to sell them at a premium price amid severe LPG crises. The arrested include Krishna (33), Dinesh Sahu (46), and Mithilesh (39), and all of them hail from Bihar, The Hindu reported.
The officials seized 74 LPG cylinders, including 70 domestic and four commercial gas cylinders. The police also seized a transport vehicle and refilling equipment in the raid. The accused allegedly engaged in illegally storing LPG cylinders and supplying them to local customers without bills or licences, the police said.
During the raid, the officers found a large number of LPG cylinders, weighing machines and gas transfer equipment. The accused allegedly used metal pipes to transfer gas from multiple filled cylinders into empty ones to manipulate supply and increase margins.
The officers also found 54 filled and 16 used domestic cylinders, three filled and one used commercial cylinder, an electronic weighing scale, two hanging weighing machines and equipment used for refilling gas.
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The accused failed to produce any valid documents for storage or distribution of the cylinders, leading to their arrest for hoarding LPG cylinders.
