Incident Reports

Youth held for cooking gas black marketing

2015-12-03

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

Police arrested a youth for his alleged involvement in black marketing of cooking gas cylinders from Maharajgunj on Thursday. Police said that 25-year-old Bikash Gupta of Motihari, India is arrested for selling a cooking gas cylinder at Rs 9,000 to locals. Acting on the tip-off, a police team deployed from the Metropolitan Police Circle, Maharajgunj raided his vegetable shop and found 19 cooking gas cylinders. The cylinders were of different brands without seal. Police said they are investigating 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 youth
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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