Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
T
he CCB officials on Saturday busted a illegal LPG refilling racket and arrested two persons who are operating the unit from a poultry farm in Chikkajala for the last few months.
senior officer told reporters, acting on the information,a team of economics offence wing officials raided the farm and caught two persons and seized 500 cylinders worth Rs 7 lakh .
Senior officer told reporters,the cylinders belonging to all major LPG supply companies , which they accused have sourced from their contact and refilling it to private small cylinders to be sold in open market for higher prices .
The accused are running the racket not only illegal but also posing danger to the area.
The accused have been taken into custody to ascertain the involvement of others in the racket and further investigation is on.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Joint CP Crime,Raman Gupta,DCP Crime-1,Dr SD Sharanappa and his whole team of Economics offence Wing who has done a commendable job in nabbing the duo and busting the major illegal LPG cylinder selling racket by arresting two a suitable reward will be given to whole team for the exemplary work done by them he added.
