Incident Reports

Cooking gas black-marketer nabbed in Kaski

2016-04-24

Gandaki, Kaski, Pokhara Lekhnath

Police on Sunday arrested a businessperson of Pokhara-10, Rambazaar for his involvement in black-marketing of LP gas. Police found him selling cooking gas at an exorbitant price from his shop. The Kaski District Police Office said the police arrested cooking utensils shop Ashok Goshali with 160 cylinders of NL Gas acting on a tip-off that he was selling per cooking cylinder at Rs 4,500. Police have initiated an investigation into the incident under the Black Marketing Act. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Black Marketing
Primary Cause Issues related to commodity availability, prices, and subsidies
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Group of civilians (only Target)
Actor 2 - Youth na
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