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4 held in Lucknow for black marketing of oxygen cylinders

Acting on a tip off, police arrested the accused, Vishnu and Vikas, for illegal trading of cylinders at their agency- Balaji Jeevan Dayani- n Kalyanpur locality in the Gudamba area.

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Lucknow:

Four persons were arrested in Lucknow on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in black marketing of oxygen cylinders in two separate cases, police said.

Acting on a tip off, police arrested the accused, Vishnu and Vikas, for illegal trading of cylinders at their agency- Balaji Jeevan Dayani- n Kalyanpur locality in the Gudamba area, Police Commissioner DK Thakur told PTI.

Police recovered 87 empty oxygen cylinders and Rs 1 lakh from their possession, the officer said, adding the accused have confessed to the crime.

In the second case, two men-Ikram Ali and Ayush Shukla-were arrested from Gomti Nagar area and 10 filled jumbo oxygen cylinders and eight empty cylinders were seized.

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