NEW DELHI: In a major crackdown on the illegal black marketing of domestic and commercial LPG cylinders, the rationing and supply authorities in Mumbai conducted a raid in the Worli area and seized a significant stock of gas cylinders that were allegedly being stored and sold illegally in the black market.
According to Mumbai Police, the operation was carried out after the department received confidential information about illegal storage and sale of LPG cylinders in a residential locality.
Acting on the tip-off, a special team from the ration distribution department conducted a raid at Suraj Vallabhdas Chawl located on Ganpatrao Kadam Marg near Worli Naka in Mumbai.
Mumbai Police officials at Worli Police Station have registered a case against Nimesh Arvind Jain and the owner of the tempo involved in the illegal gas cylinder operation.
The case has been filed under Sections 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 as well as Sections 3, 7, and 8 of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Order, 2000.