Gurgaon: 4 arrested for selling cylinders for Rs 90k
According to officials, the four accused were selling cylinders worth Rs 12,000 to Rs 14,000 at a cost of Rs 90,000.
They were arrested by a joint team of the Chief Minister’s Flying Squad, Gurgaon’s Police’s Sector 40 Crime Branch, and the Drugs Controller on the basis of a tip off. Gurgaon Police, on Friday, arrested four people for selling oxygen cylinders in the black market even as several private hospitals in the district report a shortage of oxygen.
According to officials, the four accused were selling cylinders worth Rs 12,000 to Rs 14,000 at a cost of Rs 90,000. They were arrested by a joint team of the Chief Minister’s Flying Squad, Gurgaon’s Police’s Sector 40 Crime Branch, and the Drugs Controller on the basis of a tip off.
“A team was formed as soon as the tip off was received, and a fake customer called the accused and made a deal to buy a 48 kg cylinder from them at a cost of Rs 90,000. Upon going to the decided place, a man came and began preparing to give the fake customer an oxygen cylinder kept in a car nearby. Upon receiving the signal, the police team immediately arrested the man and his accomplices who were sitting in the car,” said Subhash Boken, PRO of Gurgaon Police.
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