Trader held for cooking gas black marketing
KATHMANDU: Police said they arrested a cooking gas trader for his alleged involvement in black marketing, from Koteshwor of Kathmandu.
Madhav Prasad Ghimire (36), operator of Amisa Gas Depot at Setiopi Marga in Koreshwor, KMC-35, was arrested by a team deployed from the Metropolitan Police Crime Division today.
Police confiscated 50 cylinders of Everest gas from his store.
They claimed that he was selling a cylinder of gas for Rs 4,200, exactly three times the market price.
Further investigation is underway.