Two drug addicts who nicked LPG cylinders from deliverymen nabbed in Ludhiana

The Division Number 8 police have arrested two drug addicts, who stole LPG cylinders from delivery vehicles of gas agencies.

As many as four gas cylinders and a scooter used in the crime have been recovered from the accused – Saurav Kumar, 20, of Shahi Mohalla and his accomplice, Prem Verma, 27, of Pritam Nagar.

Sub-inspector Rajinder Singh, in-charge at Division Number 8 police post, said they had received a complaint about a cylinder theft on September 10.

The complainant, Manoj Kumar of New Kailash Nagar, who works at a gas agency, had stated that he had parked his delivery vehicle near Pahwa Dharamshala in Upkar Nagar and went inside the street to deliver an LPG cylinder. When he returned, he found one cylinder missing.