Two men have been arrested for their alleged involvement in black marketing oxygen concentrators, an equipment used for the treatment of COVID patients, police said on Sunday.
The accused has been identified as Anuj Minda (41), a resident of Ashok Vihar, and Gurmeet Singh (36), a resident of Rohini, they said. The police said the accused were charging Rs 1.65 lakh for an oxygen concentrator against its actual price of Rs 31,000.
On Saturday, Bharat Juneja, a resident of Kalkaji Extension, called the Ashok Vihar police station and said as his wife and mother were COVID positive and were in a critical condition. he had purchased an oxygen concentrator from Minda at Rs 1.65 lakh, a senior police officer said.
Arushi Chaddha s father was dying. The oxygen supply of the hospital, like in hospitals across Delhi, was running on fumes. Most people knew, or knew of someone who had died. Her only hope was the kindness of strangers.
On April 23, at 11.30 am, Chaddha posted on Instagram: Lungs damaged. Oxygen level dropped to 70. Hospital is refusing to keep my father for more than a couple of hours due to the shortage of medical oxygen. My father will die.
In a short while, her DM was inundated with messages offering leads. One such message was from Suhail Shetty, who took down Chaddha s details and made several phone calls to his friends and relatives to get an oxygen concentrator. On April 25, at 2.20 am, he managed to arrange one.
2 held for black marketing of oxygen concentrators
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Two men have been arrested for their alleged involvement in black marketing oxygen concentrators an equipment used to treat COVID patients the police said on Sunday.
The accused have been identified as Anuj Minda (41), a resident of Ashok Vihar, and Gurmeet Singh (36) from Rohini, they said.
The accused charged ₹1.65 lakh for an oxygen concentrator against its actual price of ₹31,000.
On Saturday, Bharat Juneja from Kalkaji Extension, called the Ashok Vihar police station, saying his wife and mother were COVID positive and in a critical condition when he purchased an oxygen concentrator from Minda at ₹1.45 lakh. However, the machine was not in a working condition, he told the police. When Mr. Juneja contacted Minda to tell him that the machine was not working, the accused refused to change the mac
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New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): Two people were arrested by the Ashok Vihar police on Saturday for allegedly being involved in the black marketing of oxygen concentrator amid the massive surge in COVID-19 cases in the national capital.