Food department team during raid.
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Action was taken against Rishi Enterprises for the second time in a month. The seized material also included gas transfer device, weighing fork etc. On the instructions of the Minister, the Food Department team took surprise action.
Navdunia Representative, Bhopal. An illegal refilling station was being operated by two businessmen in Ashoka Garden area by misusing domestic gas cylinders. On receiving information about this, the Food Department team reached the shops and conducted a surprise raid and recovered 26 cylinders. District Supply Controller Meena Malakar said that on the instructions of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Minister Govind Rajput, action is being taken against those doing illegal gas refilling and misusing cylinders. Cases have been registered against the businessmen under the Essential Commodities Act by making a Panchnama.
The operator of Rishi Enterprises located in Ashoka Garden area is continuously doing illegal refilling of domestic and commercial cylinders. The Food Department team, taking action on Monday, recovered five gas transfer devices including one domestic gas cylinder, one commercial cylinder and seven empty cylinders. Whereas on September 6 of this month, the team took action and recovered 16 gas cylinders and transfer equipment. Even before this, more than 100 cylinders were recovered during action.
Gas stove refilling under the guise of improvement
In Ashoka Garden, refilling business is being done by the businessmen under the guise of repairing the gas stove. Taking action at Preeti Home Appliances, the team seized 13 domestic gas cylinders, one weighing fork and two gas transfer machines. The cylinders include 10 filled, one partially filled, two empty, seven empty non-standard level cylinders of five kilograms, five kilogram commercial gas cylinders partially filled and two empty cylinders of three kilogram non-standard level.