New Delhi: Delhi Police has busted an illegal LPG storage and refilling racket operating from a residential plot in southwest Delhi’s Palam Village, arresting three persons and seizing 45 domestic gas cylinders along with refilling equipment.The accused—Anaar Singh from Najafgarh, Satyaveer of Dabri and Vikas Kumar of Palam—were apprehended during a raid on March 28 following a tip-off about illegal storage at a vacant plot near Adarsh Gali. DCP (southwest) Amit Goel said police found a tempo loaded with cylinders. “Gas was being illegally transferred from one cylinder to another using nozzles and a weighing machine, without any safety measures,” he said.The trio failed to produce any licence and admitted to renting the plot for illegal refilling. Police suspect links to a Janakpuri-based gas agency. A case has been registered.
