Navneet Kalra, accused of hoarding and black marketing oxygen concentrators in Delhi, was arrested by the Delhi Criminal Police.
Delhi police arrested Navneet Kalra on Sunday in the case of black oxygen concentrator marketing. (Photo: Facebook)
Navneet Kalra was arrested by the Delhi Criminal Police on Sunday. The businessman was accused of hoarding and black marketing oxygen concentrators in Delhi amid the devastating second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. He was arrested from his brother-in-law’s farmhouse in Gurugram.
Earlier this month, 524 Oxygen concentrators were obtained from Three Kalra owned restaurants including the popular Khan Chacha in Khan Market. He has been named as the main suspect and beneficiary of the fraud, hoarding and conspiracy case filed by the police.
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According to the police, the oxygen concentrators were imported from China and sold in Delhi via an online portal. The concentrators were reportedly bought for Rs 20,000-25,000 and sold for at least Rs 70,000 apiece.
Police said Navneet Kalra escaped arrest and fled while police were on the lookout for him.
On Thursday had a court in Delhi refused Kalra’s anticipated bail.
Matrix Cellular employees have been given bail
However, the co-defendant in the case is an employee of Matrix Cellular has been given bail on Wednesday after more than a week in police custody. A town hall employee owned by Kalra was given bail Thursday.
The Saket court in Delhi stated in the case of the Matrix Cellular staff that the police had “no prima facie evidence” to prove the crime of fraud. The court preferred the government for not capping the price of essential medical services during the pandemic.
The judge found that it would be counterproductive to merely book manufacturers under criminal law without a regulatory system in place to show that the state in question is affected.
Covid-19 second wave
Meanwhile, several parts of India, including Delhi, have reported shortages of medical supplies such as oxygen bottles and concentrators, while Covid-19 cases are rising during the second wave.
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