Two men in Dwarka, India were arrested for allegedly selling fire extinguishers as oxygen cylinders for COVID-19 patients.
Police identified the suspects as 19-year-old Ashutosh Chauhan and 22-year-old Ayush Kumar, The Indian Express reported on Thursday, April 29. Five fire extinguishers were confiscated by authorities following the arrest.
Chauhan and Kumar allegedly marketed the fire extinguishers to families of people with COVID-19 amid a surge of deaths in the country. Each cylinder was sold for 10,000 (around P6,500).
The fraudulent sales were discovered after one Geeta Arora claimed that the men sold her the fire extinguishers for her relative’s breathing problems.
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