New Delhi, March 16 -- Amidst the reported LPG shortage across the country due to the West Asia conflict, the Delhi Police Crime Branch on Monday busted an illegal LPG cylinder hoarding racket, which was operating from a godown in the Mundka area of the national capital.

In a major crackdown, the Delhi Police seized 610 cylinders of different LPG companies, including Indane, Bharat Gas and HP Gas.

The reported shortage of LPG has emerged amid global energy supply disruptions triggered by the ongoing conflict in West Asia; however, there have been no reports of dry-outs of gas supply at LPG distributorships across India, the government said in its latest update.

Despite concerns around LPG supply, there have been no reports of dry-outs ...