Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Jan 23: Three persons have been arrested by police for their alleged involvement in illegal hoarding and sale of diesel in Samba District today.
A police spokesperson said that Kapil Kumar of Mangu Chak, Samba; Pawan Kumar of Kotli Gujjran Gurdaspur (Punjab), and Ritikh Kumar of Chak Manga, Rakwal, Samba have been arrested.
He said the accused have been booked in case FIR number 24/2024 under the relevant sections of the law registered at Police Station Samba and further investigation undertaken.
According to the police spokesperson, the accused, Kapil Kumar, who runs a tyre puncture repair shop near Duggar Haveli, Nanke Chak, Samba, had been selling the diesel illegally from his temporary kiosk for the past six months.
Today, he was caught red-handed along with two other persons, by a team of police in presence of Executive Magistrate First Class Samba, while selling the oil illegally, he said.
A truck used for hoarding the oil has also been seized from the spot, he added.
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