India, March 20 -- A 48-year-old man has been arrested from Rithoj, Gurugram, for stocking LPG cylinders and black-marketing them, an officer said on Thursday.

Sixty-nine cylinders were recovered from his possession during a joint raid by the district's food and supplies controller (DFSC) department and the chief minister's office flying squad on Wednesday, Ashok Kumar, a DFSC officer, said.

The officer said a tip-off was received about the accused, named Sushil, a resident of Maruti Kunj, who was black-marketing and hoarding the LPG cylinders at an empty plot. "Around 69 cylinders, including 56 commercial and 13 domestic, were seized from the location," the officer said.

An FIR was registered under sections 7, 10 and 55 of the Essenti...