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A 19-kg commercialized cooking state cylinder was allegedly stolen from a edifice successful the engaged Chala marketplace country successful Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, successful the aboriginal hours of Friday (March 13, 2026), the constabulary said.
The theft of cooking state was reported astatine VS Hotel successful astatine 2 americium connected Friday amid the worsening LPG shortage successful the state pursuing the warfare successful West Asia.
Vimal Kumar, proprietor of VS Hotel, said that the accused entered the premises aft breaking unfastened the doorway of the room country and took distant a filled LPG cylinder.
“The room doorway is astatine the beforehand information of the shop. After entering inside, helium switched disconnected the energy to marque the CCTV camera dysfunctional. However, the camera was connected to a UPS,” Mr. Kumar said.
According to him, realising that the CCTV was inactive functioning, the accused changed the absorption of the camera.
“There were 3 cylinders successful the kitchen. Two were successful usage and 1 was a filled cylinder. He near aft taking the filled cylinder,” Mr. Kumar said.
Restaurant shut
With the LPG shortage and the theft, the edifice has been forced to unopen down operations.
“Since we person a constricted banal of LPG cylinders now, lone biryani was cooked connected Friday. We are closing the edifice from Saturday arsenic determination is nary LPG near and caller cylinders are not available,” helium said.
Mr. Kumar has filed a ailment with the the Fort police.
CCTV visuals of the incidental person besides been handed implicit to the police.
“We fishy the engagement of different edifice which has rivalry with us. However, fto the constabulary analyse the matter,” Mr. Kumar said.
