While India is dealing with the shortage of oxygen facilities in the hospitals, several cases of hoarding and black marketing of oxygen-related equipment have surfaced amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. 

Earlier on Thursday, the Delhi Police seized 419 oxygen concentrators in a raid conducted at bar & restaurant Nege Ju and a South Delhi farmhouse. Four men were arrested in the case.

And today, the Delhi Police seized as many as 96 oxygen concentrators from the popular Khan Chacha restaurant in the city's Khan Market area. 

The video of the incident has been going viral on social media.

Here’s the video:

#WATCH Delhi Police seizes 96 oxygen concentrators from Khan Chacha restaurant in Khan Market

(Source: Delhi Police) pic.twitter.com/odWPtvQJrz

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

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) South Delhi told ANI, “Total 524 oxygen concentrators have been recovered till now. This equipment was being sold for as much as Rs 71,000. Navneet Kalra is currently absconding and he will be called for a probe.”

People have been bashing the owner for showing no empathy to people who are in desperate need of oxygen narrators. 

Some even went on to say that he is close to powerful personalities in Delhi which is why he could hoard in such a manner. 

People are now requesting others to not buy food from his restaurants as he has committed a pretty unforgivable crime. 

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People like politician Omar Abdullah have come out in support of the original Khan Chacha restaurant which is run by Haji Banda Hasan his two sons. 

He 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."

Image 5 (Omar Abdullah Twitter) 

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