Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, March 2: On October 31, 2010, the police department and food and civil supplies department officials had conducted a joint raid on Sri Adimaye Gas Agency located near jeppu Market in the city, and confiscated 130 commercial use cylinders, which were unauthorizedly found stored there, alongwith four vehicles.
The case was heard by the court of the deputy commissioner. In a verdict delivered on Tuesday March 1, the court has ordered impounding of 102 cylinders filled with LPG. Direction was also issued to the oil corporation agencies to take action against those who supplied cylinders to unauthorized parties.
During the raid, four vehicles and 130 cylinders were found at the spot. Out of them, 28 were empty cylinders. The cylinders bore the marks of Indian Oil Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. A case had been registered against the concerned in the court of the deputy commissioner, under Essential Commodities Act, 1955.