Delhi: Fire extinguishers painted and sold as oxygen cylinders, 3 arrested
Delhi: Fire extinguishers painted and sold as oxygen cylinders, 3 arrested
Three people, including a distributor, have been arrested by Delhi Police for cheating people by painting discarded fire extinguishers and selling them off as empty oxygen cylinders to families of Covid-19 patients.
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UPDATED: May 6, 2021 19:40 IST
Fire extinguishers being painted off and sold as oxygen cylinders in Delhi (Photo Credits: Tanseem Haider/India Today)
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Delhi Police seized over 530 fire extinguisher iron gas cylinders
The bust was the result of a complaint by an NGO called Radha Vallab Sewa Sangh
Covid, crisis and frauds: How oxygen scammers are duping desperate patients
Covid, crisis and frauds: How oxygen scammers are duping desperate patients
There have been a number of people in and around Delhi who have been duped by the Covid SOS Scammers targeting thousands of people who are using social media posts to seek help in these desperate times. Here s a story of a few of them.
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UPDATED: May 4, 2021 12:28 IST
There have been numerous complaints about Covid patients duped by the Covid SOS Scammers (Reuters photo for representation)
Mayank Jain, a Gurugram-based IT professional had been searching for oxygen cylinders for his Covid-19 positive friend who has been admitted to a local hospital. Mayank Jain has been working from his hometown Jaipur in Rajasthan since the onset of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.