New Delhi, March 16 (UNI) The Rohini district police today said that they have arrested a man for allegedly indulging in illegal refilling of LPG cylinders and selling them in the black market.
A senior police official said that acting on information and increased vigilance in the area, the police team conducted a raid in Phase-1 of Vijay Vihar and caught the accused, Pushpendra, while he was transferring gas from domestic cylinders into commercial cylinders to earn illegal profit.
Deputy Commissioner of Poli ce (Rohini) Shashank Jaiswal said the police recovered two filled commercial LPG cylinders, 15 filled domestic cylinders, four weighing machines used to measure gas cylinders and four refilling pipes and equipment used for transferring gas from one cylinder to another. A motorcycle allegedly used by the accused to transport the cylinders was also seized.
Police said the accused previously worked as a delivery boy with a gas agency in Rohini and was allegedly using his experience to carry out the illegal activity.
Authorities added that strict action will be taken against those involved in illegal refilling or black-marketing of LPG cylinders.
