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.
419 oxygen concentrators were recovered during the raid, the police said.
New Delhi:
Four men were arrested over alleged black marketing of oxygen concentrators in south Delhi s Lodhi Colony area, police said on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Gaurav (47), a resident of Lajpat Nagar, Satish Sethi (44), a resident of East of Kailash, Vikrant (29), a resident of Mahipalpur, and Hitesh (32), a resident of Arjun Nagar, they said.
According to police, they have recovered 419 oxygen concentrators that were to be sold in black market.
During patrolling around 5 pm on Wednesday, it came to notice that Nege Ju Restaurant and Bar in central market Lodhi Colony was found open and some suspicious activity was going on, a senior police officer said.
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A day after the Delhi Police arrested four people and seized 419 oxygen concentrators, on Friday continuing their search-op recovered 96 concentrators from South Delhi s famous Khan Chacha Restaurant.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) South Delhi Atul Bhatia said: We have recovered 96 oxygen concentrators from Khan Chacha Restaurant in Khan Market area.
Earlier in the day, Bhatia said that the police have recovered nine more concentrators.
The police action comes a day after it seized 419 concentrators being sold at exorbitant rates online.
As per the police, after back to back incidents of illegal marketing of oxygen concentrators, major outlets in Delhi are on Delhi Police s radar and the investigation against the nexus of restaurants is under way, said sources in Delhi Police.
A raid in south Delhi’s Lodhi Colony led to the seizure of 419 concentrators meant to be sold in black
NEW DELHI: In a massive crackdown against hoarders selling oxygen concentrators in the blackmarket, Delhi Police seized over 450 oxygen concentrators in multiple raids across the city, the biggest being at south Delhi s Lodhi Colony which alone led to recovery of 419 machines.
The Lodhi Colony operation has led to the largest seizure during this pandemic.
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419 Oxygen Concentrators being sold at high rates seized in Delhi
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419 Oxygen Concentrators being sold at high rates seized in Delhi. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 6 : Taking strict action against the people indulging in black marketing of oxygen concentrators, the Delhi Police on Thursday said that it has seized 419 concentrators being sold at exorbitant rates online.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) South Delhi Atul Bhatia said that during area patrolling, it came to know that Nege Ju Restaurant and Bar having address at central market Lodhi Colony was found open and some suspicious activity was going on.