New Delhi

Delhi Police have arrested a 61-year-old man and busted an illegal LPG refilling racket in southwest Delhi’s Dabri area, seizing 17 cylinders, officials said on Wednesday.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of the crime branch on Tuesday conducted a raid in the Seetapuri locality, where the accused, Mohan Lal Garg, was found running an unauthorised LPG refilling operation from his shop, they said.

During the raid, police recovered 17 domestic LPG cylinders of different companies, including Indane, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum, a senior police officer said.

According to the police, Garg had been illegally storing domestic LPG cylinders and refilling them for sale in the open market at an inflated rate of Rs 200 per kilogram to make wrongful gains.

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A food supply officer was called to the spot, and necessary action was initiated. The recovered cylinders were handed over to the local police station, and a case was registered, they said.