Kathmandu

Cooking gas black marketeers held

Cooking gas black marketeers held

By THT Online

Hoarded cooking gas cylinders that police seized from a shop in Kapan of Kathmandu, on Monday, February 1, 2016. Photo: MPCD

KATHMANDU: Police on Thursday arrested two persons on charge of selling cooking gas at a higher rate than the market price. Tek Nath Ghimire and Narayan Gurung were arrested for selling a cylinder of cooking gas for Rs 1,600 from their different shops in Dharapati, KMC-3. The team deployed from the Metropolitan Police Circle, Maharajgang also confiscated 196 full gas cylinders of Lumbini brand from them. Further investigation is underway.