Watch | LPG cylinders stolen from residential areas in Bengaluru amid shortage fears

Authorities have also urged residents to secure their cylinders indoors and report any such suspicious activity.

Amid the panic over LPG shortage in the country driven by the ongoing West Asia conflict between the US-Israel and Iran, Bengaluru has reported two cases of LPG cylinders being stolen from the houses.

A video shared by PTI on its X handle captures one of the incident that shows a man arriving on his two wheeler in a residential area and fleeing with a cylinder wrapped in sack. The incident reportedly took place in Kalyan Nagar. 

Another case was reported in Charnapatna, in which a CCTV footage showed two people arriving on a scooter and stealing an LPG cylinder kept outside. 

No arrests have been made as of now and police are investigating both cases.

Authorities have urged Bengaluru residents to secure their cylinders indoors and report any such suspicious activity.  

A similar incident was also reported in Tamil Nadu. According to a report, the incident took place on Mengles Road, where a gas agency employee delivering cylinders on a tricycle briefly parked the vehicle to hand off a cylinder to a nearby house. However, when he returned within minutes, he discovered that one of the cylinders loaded on the tricycle was missing.

In a separate case, Uttar Pradesh police recovered 500 LPG cylinders stolen during the Holi festivities in Jhansi.  

(With PTI inputs)