Panchkula, June 19 -- Three persons, including the owner of a Kalka-based gas agency, were booked after 44 domestic and three commercial LPG cylinders were found to be underweight due to alleged gas pilferage.

While the owner of the agency, M/S Kalka Jee Gas, has not been booked by name, the other two accused have been identified as Deepak, the driver of the truck in which the cylinders were being transported, and his assistant, Rohit Kumar, both residents of Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh.

Complainant Sunil Kumar, an inspector with the food supply department of Kalka, said that on Tuesday, at 11.55 am, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Sanjay Kumar of the CM flying squad informed him that they had received a tip-off that a vehicle loaded with g...