Vadodara SOG busted gas theft racket in the city

Arrested four for gas theft and cheat people

Vadodara
SOG busted a racket of refilling and repacking of gas in empty gas bottles from
LPG cylinders. The team arrested four accused along with gas bottles, refilling
and repacking equipments along with the tempo and mobile phones from them.

As per
details the SOG team received the information about gas theft inside scrap
godown at Panigate Ajabdi Mill area of the city. Based on the tip the team
raided the place and found persons involved in gas theft from the sealed LPG
gas cylinders to the empty gas bottles with the help of pipes. 

They
arrested Niraj Kahar, Rahul Rawal, Sandeep Randive and Avinash Kahar from the
spot along with commercial LPG gas cylinders, empty bottles, tempo, mobile,
pipes, gas seals, weight machine and other things.

The
accused refill the empty cylinders from the LPG cylinders from Shiv Kripa Gas
Agency in Gorwa and sold them to the customers and earn money through black
marketing. The SOG team weigh the cylinders on the spot and found less weight
in the bottles from one to five kilograms. They earn the confidence of the
customers through their tricks to weight the cylinders and cheat them.

An
offence was registered in Panigate police station and further investigation is
on in the matter.