21 arrested in Bihar for hoarding LPG cylinders

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People waiting successful  queue to refill their LPG cylinders extracurricular  a state  bureau  successful  Patna.

People waiting successful queue to refill their LPG cylinders extracurricular a state bureau successful Patna. | Photo Credit: ANI

Twenty-one radical person been arrested successful Bihar aft constabulary launched State-wide raids against hoarding and achromatic selling of LPG cylinders amid an ongoing shortage that has disrupted regular beingness successful respective districts.

Bihar Director General of Police Vinay Kumar took superior cognisance of the substance and issued directions to each districts to behaviour investigations. A elder serviceman astatine the Police Headquarters (PHQ) said connected Wednesday that raids person been intensified crossed the State and the concern is being continuously monitored .

“Over the past fewer days, a peculiar run against achromatic selling and hoarding of LPG cylinders has resulted successful the seizure of 419 cylinders and registration of 14 FIRs crossed much than a twelve districts. During the operation, 21 radical progressive successful achromatic selling and hoarding person been arrested,” the constabulary serviceman said.

According to Bihar Police, the highest fig of seizures, 261 LPG cylinders, was made successful the Forbesganj constabulary presumption country of Araria district, wherever 2 persons were arrested. In Saharsa district, 112 cylinders were seized nether the Nagar constabulary presumption and 1 idiosyncratic was arrested. In Sheohar district, six cylinders were seized and 2 persons arrested.

Published - March 19, 2026 01:07 americium IST

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