Delhi Police Seize Over 100 Oxygen Concentrators From Khan Chacha & Other Restaurants Owned By Navneet Kalra

96 Oxygen Concentrators have been recovered from Khan Chacha Restaurant in New Delhi’s most posh and expensive Khan Market by the Delhi Police. Cops have sealed the restaurant. More raids underway.

Screenshot of the video shared by Delhi Police

New Delhi: At a time when the country is battling with a shortage of oxygen, many people are found hoarding oxygen cylinders and oxygen concentrators. Delhi Police seized 96 oxygen concentrators from Khan Chacha restaurant in Khan Market in the national capital today.

Delhi Police released a video of the raid where boxes of Oxygen Concentrators were seen piled up at the restaurant. Police have sealed the restaurant for now.

Earlier on Thursday, the police seized 419 concentrators from a south Delhi restaurant. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) South Delhi Atul Bhatia said that during area patrolling, Nege Ju Restaurant and Bar located at central market Lodhi Colony was found open and some suspicious activity was going on.

Incidentally, Khan Chacha is owned by the same Navneet Kalra who owns Nege-Ju where cylinders were found yesterday.

Bhatia said that after verification, the owner of the restaurant and bar (Nege-Ju) was identified as one Navneet Kalra. He said that a case was registered under several sections of IPC, Essential Commodities Act, and Epidemic Diseases Act, and four accused persons — Gaurav, Satish Sethi, Vikrant, and Hitesh were taken into custody.

Hitesh who is the manager of Nege Ju told the police that his associates stored some of the units at Town Hall and Khan Chacha restaurant. The district police conducted raids and seized 96 oxygen concentrators from Khan Chacha and nine from Town Hall on Friday.

People have come out in support of the original Khan Chacha restaurant which is run by Haji Banda Hasan & his two sons. Among the supporters who called out that Navneet Kalra is the owner of the restaurant where the oxygen concentrators were seized was National Conference leader Omar Abdullah who felt sorry for the original Khan Chacha 

Omar Abdullah tweeted,"I feel sorry for poor Khan Chacha & his family. First, they lost the use of their name to Navneet Kalra & now they are being dragged through the mud for no fault of theirs because said Kalra was using his eateries to store concentrators allegedly for sale on the black market."