COVID-19: Man booked for ₹1,028 profit on oxygen cylinders
The Hindu
He is an employee of Peenya Industrial Gases Private in Dabaspete
An employee of Peenya Industrial Gases Private in Dabaspete was caught by officials from the Drug Control Department for selling oxygen cylinders at more than five times the rate set by the Karnataka government. Based on a complaint by Harish S.R., an officer with the intelligence unit of the Drug Control Department, the police have charged the assistant manager for cheating and also under the Essential Commodities Act. The company, too, has been booked. In his complaint, Harish said that he had approached the assistant manager, Sunil Kumar, seeking oxygen cylinders. Sunil allegedly charged him ₹1,233 per cylinder.More Related News
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