Delhi Crime Branch arrested Navneet Kalra in oxygen concentrators hoarding case
New Delhi, May 16
Delhi Crime Branch arrested absconding businessman Navneet Kalra on Sunday. The businessman has been accused of hoarding and black marketing of oxygen concentrators in Delhi during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The police stated that he was arrested from Gurugram where he had taken refuge at his brother-in-law's farmhouse.
The Delhi police south district had raided Kalra's high end restaurants like Nege Ju, Town hall and Khan Chacha where over 500 oxygen concentrators were found hoarded. His associates from the restaurants were arrested whereas he was absconding after the first raid at Nege Ju.
During investigation, it was found that Kalra worked with his friend Gagan Duggal of Matrix company and allegedly procured more than 7,000 machines from local vendors and Chinese companies and sold them at “exorbitant rates” to Covid patients and their families.
The police had earlier arrested the company’s CEO Gaurav Khanna and Vice President Gaurav Suri along with three other employees. The accused have been booked under sections related to cheating, Epidemic Diseases Act, and Essential Commodities Act.
Kalra has hoarded the concentrators after buying it for Rs. 16,000 to Rs. 22,000 and selling it for Rs. 70,000, police added.
