Incident Reports

Trader held for cooking gas black marketing

2016-05-10

Bagmati, Lalitpur, Godawari

Police recently arrested a man on the charge of selling cooking gas at a higher rate than the market price at Handigaun in Godawari Municipality-10. The suspect has been identified as Raj Maharjan, operator of the Muna Utensil Shop. Acting on a tip-off, a police team deployed from the Badegaun Police Station carried out a raid at the Maharjan’s shop and confiscated 23 cooking gas cylinders and 20 liters of petrol. Police said that they are looking into the case.
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 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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