New Delhi, March 13 -- As India grapples with a persistent LPG supply crisis, reports of cooking gas cylinder thefts have emerged from Bengaluru.

According to the Deccan Herald, at least two separate instances of cylinder pilferage from residential neighbourhoods have been confirmed in Karnataka's capital city.

A video posted by the Press Trust of India on X (formerly Twitter) provides a glimpse into one of these crimes. The footage reveals a man arriving at a residential street on a motorbike and subsequently fleeing with a cylinder concealed within a sack. This particular theft occurred in the Kalyan Nagar district of Bengaluru.

A second incident was documented in Channapatna, where CCTV cameras recorded two suspects on a scooter sei...