Crime branch nabs 4 for black marketing of oxygen cylinders

Kanpur: Four persons, including a managing director and an anchor of a local Hindi TV news channel, were arrested by the Crime branch of the police for their alleged involvement in black marketing of oxygen cylinders.
Acting on a tip off, the police arrested the accused Ashwani Jain, MD and anchor of a local TV news channel, his brother Rishabh Jain, Pradeep Bajpayi and TV cameraman Abhishek Tiwari for illegal trading of cylinders, DCP Crime branch Salman Taj Patil told TOI.
Police also recovered four big oxygen cylinders and six small cylinders, a car and several ID cards of journalists from their possession, the officer said. The accused have confessed to the crime, said the official.
“During interrogation, they revealed that they had brought 80 to 90 cylinders from Meerut to the city recently. While, they used to sell big cylinders for Rs 55,000 and small cylinders for 40,000. They had sold nearly 70 to 80 cylinders to various hospitals and individuals in the city. They had hoarded cylinders at a hideout in Panki Industrial area,” said the official.