<p>Hyderabad: Police this week seized 414 <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/search?q=lpg">LPG </a>cylinders hidden in a graveyard in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/search?q=hyderabad">Hyderabad </a>and arrested those involved in trying to sell them on the black market amid shortages due to the Iran war, a government official said on Thursday. </p><p>Authorities have stepped up raids to curb hoarding of LPG cylinder after the US-Israeli war against Iran disrupted shipping, causing supply shortages. </p><p>India, the world’s No. 2 LPG importer, meets about 60 per cent of its demand through overseas purchases, mostly from the Middle East.</p>.Congress questions ground reality as BJP defends LPG, fuel supply amid West Asia crisis.<p>“Just yesterday, around 2,600 raids were carried out and about 700 cylinders were seized,” Sujata Sharma, a senior official in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, told a regular briefing on the Middle East crisis.</p><p>“In addition, around 400 cylinders were recently found at one location inside a graveyard in Hyderabad. Ten people have been detained there, and the distributor involved has been suspended,” she said.</p><p>Police said the accused had been selling both commercial and domestic cylinders from the graveyard at nearly three times the current market price. A commercial canister that costs about Rs 2,100 had been sold for as much as Rs 6,000.</p><p>The total value of the seized canisters and some vehicles used by the accused was nearly Rs 22 lakh, police said. <em>Reuters</em> could not immediately contact the accused or their representatives.</p><p>“The supply of natural gas to domestic consumers is 100% assured,” Sharma said. “With regard to LPG supply, prices have remained stable despite international volatility, and there has been no increase in the price of domestic LPG cylinders." </p><p>To ease the pressure on LPG supplies, India has been promoting the use of alternatives such as kerosene, coal and biogas, while accelerating the rollout of piped natural gas for households.</p>
<p>Hyderabad: Police this week seized 414 <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/search?q=lpg">LPG </a>cylinders hidden in a graveyard in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/search?q=hyderabad">Hyderabad </a>and arrested those involved in trying to sell them on the black market amid shortages due to the Iran war, a government official said on Thursday. </p><p>Authorities have stepped up raids to curb hoarding of LPG cylinder after the US-Israeli war against Iran disrupted shipping, causing supply shortages. </p><p>India, the world’s No. 2 LPG importer, meets about 60 per cent of its demand through overseas purchases, mostly from the Middle East.</p>.Congress questions ground reality as BJP defends LPG, fuel supply amid West Asia crisis.<p>“Just yesterday, around 2,600 raids were carried out and about 700 cylinders were seized,” Sujata Sharma, a senior official in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, told a regular briefing on the Middle East crisis.</p><p>“In addition, around 400 cylinders were recently found at one location inside a graveyard in Hyderabad. Ten people have been detained there, and the distributor involved has been suspended,” she said.</p><p>Police said the accused had been selling both commercial and domestic cylinders from the graveyard at nearly three times the current market price. A commercial canister that costs about Rs 2,100 had been sold for as much as Rs 6,000.</p><p>The total value of the seized canisters and some vehicles used by the accused was nearly Rs 22 lakh, police said. <em>Reuters</em> could not immediately contact the accused or their representatives.</p><p>“The supply of natural gas to domestic consumers is 100% assured,” Sharma said. “With regard to LPG supply, prices have remained stable despite international volatility, and there has been no increase in the price of domestic LPG cylinders." </p><p>To ease the pressure on LPG supplies, India has been promoting the use of alternatives such as kerosene, coal and biogas, while accelerating the rollout of piped natural gas for households.</p>