India, March 12 -- A South Delhi restaurant owner says he has been forced to shut shop due to a shortage of cooking gas. Gagandeep Singh Sapra, owner of Tadka Rani, said that his North Indian restaurant has been closed until further notice due to a shortage of LPG.

Sapra alleged that black market traders are demanding Rs.5,000 for an LPG cylinder. For context, a 19-kg commercial cylinder is supposed to cost Rs.1,884.50 in the national capital.

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"We are shutting down too now - gas is finished, black marketeers are now asking for 5000+++ for gas cylinders," Sapra said in an X post last night.

Hours later, he posted that Tadka Rani...