Delhi Police Recovers 100+ Oxygen Concentrators from Two Upscale Restaurants
Navneet Kalra is the owner of three restaurants where concentrators have been seized. His mobile phone is switched off and he is absconding, the police said.
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New Delhi:Â The Delhi Police on Friday said it has recovered 105 oxygen concentrators during raids at two upscale restaurants and arrested four people.
Ninety-six oxygen concentrators were recovered from popular restaurant Khan Chacha and nine from Town Hall restaurant, both situated in the Khan Market area, the police said.
The probe of recovery of over 500 oxygen concentrators from famous Delhi restaurants has been handed over to the crime branch. This development comes a day
Delhi Police Crime Branch To Probe Oxygen Concentrators Hoarding Case Delhi Police Crime Branch To Probe Oxygen Concentrators Hoarding Case A senior police officer said that the case of alleged hoarding of 524 oxygen concentrators has been transferred to the Delhi Police Crime Branch.
Over 100 oxygen concentrators were seized in a raid at Khan Market
New Delhi:
The Delhi Police has transferred the case of alleged black-marketing and hoarding of oxygen concentrators in which over 500 machines were recovered to the Crime Branch, officials said on Saturday.
On Friday, police recovered 105 oxygen concentrators during raids at two upscale restaurants in the Khan Market area and arrested one person.
Probe widened into recovery of oxygen concentrators from Lutyens eateries
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New Delhi, May 8 : Even as the recovery of over 500 oxygen concentrators from the famous eatries in Lutyens Delhi has been transferred to the Crime Branch, several prominent people have come on the radar of the Delhi Police, including Navneet Kalra who owns three of those restaurants. The BJP has demanded strict action against people hoarding oxygen concentrators and selling them on high prices amid the devastating second of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.
According to senior Delhi Police sources related to the probe, the oxygen concentrators were being imported from China since October 2020 for as low as Rs 12,000 to Rs 20,000 and were being sold via online portals and WhatsApp between Rs 50,000 to Rs 70,000.
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Delhi Police on May 7 said it has recovered 105 oxygen concentrators during raids at two upscale restaurants.
It also arrested four people.
96 oxygen concentrators were recovered from popular restaurant Khan Chacha, 9 from Town Hall restaurant.
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Friday (May 7, 2021) recovered 105 oxygen concentrators during raids at two upscale restaurants and arrested four people. Ninety-six oxygen concentrators were recovered from popular restaurant Khan Chacha and nine from Town Hall restaurant, both situated in the Khan Market area, the police said.
This comes a day after Delhi Police recovered 419 oxygen concentrators from a restaurant-cum-bar in south Delhi s Lodhi Colony area and arrested four men Gaurav, Satish Sethi, Vikrant and Hitesh for hoarding and black-marketing the equipment.