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| Azad's kin booked for selling LPG cylinders on exorbitant rates | | | et plus report
Jammu, Mar 10: Doda police today booked an LPG gas agency running in the name and style of Faridia Gas Agency and registered a case against the owner under section 420/471/468 RPC against FIR NO 39/2013 for selling LPG cylinders and new connection on exorbitant rates.
The agency is owned by Javed Azad of Bhaderwah who happens to be the kin of Union Health Minister GhulamNabi Azad.
The FIR was lodged two days after the statement by Minister of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Choudhary Muhammad Ramzan
who directed LPG dealers to provide new LPG
connections strictly on the rates already fixed by all the Oil Companies.The minister also directed the concerned authorities to cancel the
licenses and take steps for prosecution under relevant law, if any dealer found to charge the
exorbitant rates while issuing New LPG Connections. He also asked the oil companies to initiate action against such LPG dealers Sources said that the case was registered against the influential person after huge protest and demonstration by the people of Doda who were being duped by the owner of the gas agency.
Sources said that the gas agency owner charged Rs 3800 to Rs 9200 to the people for new connection, which is quite an exorbitant rate. |
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