Samba, April 22: Samba Police has arrested two persons for illegal hoarding and sale of diesel on national highway side and seized 105 litres of diesel oil on the spot in the jurisdiction of Police Station Samba.
The arrested accused have been identified as Kapil Kumar S/o Radhey Sham R/o Manguchak Rajpura district Samba and Virender Yadav S/o Gopal Yadav R/o Bihadarpur Jaunpur (UP).
The accused Kapil Kumar, who runs a tyre puncture repair ‘Khokha’ near Duggar Haveli, Nanke Chak Samba, was indulged in illegally storing and selling of diesel oil at his ‘Khokha’. A Police party of Police Station Samba while performing patrolling on NHW, caught accused Kapil red-handed alongwith accused customer while illegally selling diesel oil at his ‘Khokha’ shop. Police has seized 105 litres of illegally stored diesel oil, empty drums and a pump from their possession.
A case FIR No. 108/2024 U/S 3/7 Essential Commodities Act has been registered at Police Station Samba and investigation is underway.
