The Delhi Police has arrested two men in west Delhi's Paschim Vihar for allegedly selling oxygen cylinders at exorbitant rates.
The accused have been identified as Vinay Kumar and Kewal Singh. Police said that the duo used to procure oxygen cylinders from Faridkot in Punjab and sell them at higher rates.
According to a senior police official, police got a tip-off that Kumar and Singh would arrive in Paschim Vihar in an ambulance on Friday following which a police team was tasked to nab them.
“Both the accused were arrested. Six oxygen cylinders were seized and the duo used to charge Rs 28,000 to 35,000 for one oxygen cylinder,” said the senior police official.
Earlier On Wednesday, the Delhi Police arrested two men for allegedly black-marketing oxygen cylinders from west Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh area.