According to police, 43-year-old Ramesh Lal Shrestha, owner of the Nayabazaar-based Lal Gas Store, was arrested for selling cooking gas cylinders at Rs 1,500 each.
Police said a joint team of District Administration Office, Kathmandu and Metropolitan Police Circle, Lainchour seized 25 LPG cylinders.
Likewise, acting on a tip-off of black marketeering, a police team raided the Tikathali-based Suman Gas Store and arrested owner Suman Basnet. Police also seized16 cooking gas cylinders from the store.
Police said they are investing the cases.
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