'Frequent G'gram farmhouse visits by Navneet Kalra's kin led to arrest

Three back-to-back visits by businessman Navneet Kalra’s brother-in-law to a Gurugram farmhouse raised suspicion leading to the arrest of the Khan Chacha
'Frequent G'gram farmhouse visits by Navneet Kalra's kin led to arrest

NEW DELHI: Three back-to-back visits by businessman Navneet Kalra's brother-in-law to a Gurugram farmhouse raised suspicion leading to the arrest of the Khan Chacha restaurant's owner in connection with a probe into the black marketing of oxygen concentrators in the national capital, officials said.

A senior Delhi Police official related to probe said that the police nabbed Kalra from the farmhoue after they tracked his brother-in-law's activity.

The official said that his brother-in-law had visited the farmhouse thrice in last 10 days.

He also said that the last location of Kalra's mobile phone was found near a resort in Gurugram, the day he went missing after the Delhi Police seized several oxygen concentrators from a Nege&Ju restaurant and bar in central market of Lodhi Colony.

The police said that Kalra during his hiding in Gurugram used the mobile phone of his domestic help to make WhatsApp calls.

On May 6, taking strict action against people indulging in black markeering of oxygen concentrators, the Delhi Police seized 419 concentrators being sold at exorbitant rates online.

A day later, the police during searches at Khan Chacha restaurant in Khan Market seized 96 oxygen concentrators, while nine concentrators were recovered from Town Hall restaurant. Both these restaurants are owned by Kalra and are in posh Lutyen's Delhi area.

A case was registered under several sections of IPC for cheating, criminal conspiracy, disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant, Essential Commodities Act, and Epidemic Diseases Act, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) South Delhi Atul Kumar Thakur had said. (IANS)

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