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Illegal LPG refilling unit raided, three arrested

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: The Central Crime Branch police on Wednesday raided an illegal liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) refilling unit in Nayandahalli under Byatarayanapura Police Station limits and seized 113 LPG cylinders and equipment used to refill the cylinders, all worth Rs. 6 lakh.

The police also arrested three persons in this connection.

They gave the names of the arrested as Shekhar Gowda (28), a resident of Nagendra Block, Srinagar, said to be the kingpin of the racket, and his associates Brahmalinga (40), a resident of Nagendra Block, and Dharma (19), who resides near Nayandahalli railway station.

According to the police, the accused used to get domestic LPG cylinders from Kumar of Brahmalinga Agency in Hoskerehalli and Manju of Anusha Gas Agency in Bank Colony (both authorised distributors) and other private LPG distributors.

They used to siphon off LPG from domestic cylinders and transfer the contents to commercial, auto and lighting gas cylinders to make more money, the police said.

The seized material included 59 filled cylinders, 54 empty cylinders belonging to HP, Indane, Jyothi, Agni, Vishnu, Cauvery and Indigo cylinders; 25 LPG filling rods; two weighing machines; two goods autorickshaws and Rs. 8,500 in cash. They used to conduct the illegal business in two sheds located at Sankranthi Industrial Estate, opposite Vision Modular System, Pantharapalya, Nayandahalli, police said.

CCB police have registered a case with the Byatarayanapura police in this regard.

Cashed snatched

Two motorcycle-borne men snatched a bag containing Rs. 78,000 in cash from a senior assistant of the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) in Hebbal Police Station limits on Thursday.

According to the police, the victim, Shashikala, working at the Extension Education Unit of UAS had withdrawn the money belonging to the university from Canara Bank’s Hebbal branch. When she was crossing the road on the way to UAS, the men snatched the bag containing the cash, the police said.

Hebbal Police have registered a case.

Burgled

A gang of men burgled 225 grams of gold ornaments and Rs. 3,000 in cash from a house in Subramanyapura Police Station limits on Wednesday.

According to the police, the occupants of the house, Malathi, a State Bank of Mysore employee, and her husband, Ravishankar, a Canara Bank employee, went to work at 9 a.m. When Malathi returned home in the evening, she saw the house ransacked and valuables stolen. The gang had entered the house after cutting open the window grills.

Subramanyapura police have registered a case.

Killed

A carpenter riding a scooter was killed after a truck hit his vehicle in Madiwala Traffic Police limits on Wednesday. The police gave the name of the dead as M. Ramesh (35), resident of Byappanahalli. He was returning home after visiting his relative in Doddatoogur when the incident happened on Hosur Road. Madiwala traffic police have registered a case.

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