Bajaria police have arrested accused involved in filling LPG gas illegally and recovered 49 gas cylinders and gas refilling machines in the residential area of Shankar Nagar on Tuesday.
Acting on tip regarding person filling LPG gas illegally in Shankar Nagar police team reached the spot and tracked person who was having many small and big gas cylinders in his house, which were used for filling LPG gas.
The accused was identified as Vinod Malviya (46) Shankar Nagar Semra.
Police asked for valid documents which were sought in relation of storing good number of LPG cylinders in residential area and filling gas domestic cylinder into the commercial gas cylinder victim failed to provide any documents.
From the accused 20 commercial cylinders and 29 cylinders of domestic use from the house were recovered, apart from cylinders electronic weighing machine, two gas refilling machines were also seized in the action.
The accused, who was arrested from the spot, was found refilling the gas by illegally keeping a large quantity of flammable material in his house in the residential area, due to which there is possibility of endangering lives of the locals in the area.
Further investigation found that the act of the accused was found to be punishable under Section 3 and 7 of the Essential Commodities Act 1955 and section 285 of the IPC. The police have also intimated about the offence to Food department officials for further action.