Delhi: 3 arrested for selling fire extinguishers as oxygen cylinders

The Delhi Police has arrested three persons for allegedly painting fire extinguishers  and selling them as oxygen cylinders, officials said on Wednesday. Police said the matter came to light Tuesday after a person named Mukesh Khanna, who runs Radha Vallabh Sewa Sangh NGO which serves free oxygen cylinders to Covid patients, filed a complaint at the Farsh Bazar police station.

Police seized 532 fire extinguishers of different sizes, 26 oxygen gas cylinder nozzles, two electric grinders used to remove the red paint of the cylinders, three silver color spray-paint cans, one black paint box, one paint-brush, one pipe-wrench and Rs 49,500 cash were recovered from their possession, police said.