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      Delhi's Oxygen Concentrator Racket: Who Is Khan Chacha Owner Navneet Kalra?

      The raided outlets are linked to Navneet Kalra, the alleged black marketer of oxygen concentrators in Delhi.

      By - BOOM FACT Check Team |
      Published -  7 May 2021 9:17 PM IST
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      Delhis Oxygen Concentrator Racket: Who Is Khan Chacha Owner Navneet Kalra?

      For weeks now, Delhi has been struggling with oxygen in the aftermath of the second Covid-19 wave that hit India. Hospitals have continued putting out SOS alerts to announce that they have run out of oxygen as critical patients and their families tweeted and queued up at langars. Meanwhile, the Arvind Kejriwal-led government has been in a long-drawn tussle with the central government to meet their increasing demands of oxygen. And now, on Friday, Delhi police have recovered almost a hundred oxygen concentrators at a popular restaurant called 'Khan Chacha'. Earlier in the day, nine oxygen concentrators were seized from the Town Hall restaurant and bar at Lodhi Colony. And just a day ago, the police recovered 419 oxygen concentrators Nege Ju Restaurant and Bar in the central market of Lodhi Colony.

      The police said that these concentrators were being sold in the black market.

      Also Read: Why Is There An Oxygen Crisis In India?


      #JUSTIN: 96 Oxygen Concentrators recovered from Khan Chacha Restaurant in Khan Market by the @DelhiPolice. @IndianExpress, @ieDelhi pic.twitter.com/UTtgx9XfRN

      — Mahender Singh Manral (@mahendermanral) May 7, 2021


      The common thread connecting all these food outlets in Delhi is Navneet Kalra. Kalra is a well-known businessman who owns all these eateries where these oxygen concentrators were found in the raid. He also owns the famous Dayal Opticals, a chain of optical retail stores in India. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Atul Thakur told reporters that the seizure began from the city's Nege & Ju Bar. "During verification, we found that the restaurant is owned by Navneet Kalra," Thakur said.

      Now, Kalra is reportedly absconding. And the police are looking for him.

      The Delhi police tweeted that further raids are on.

      With further seizure of 105 #OxygenConcentrator from Khan Chacha & Town Hall, 2 upscale restaurants in Khan Mkt, total 524 seized frm #blackmarketers Owner Navneet Kalra, also owns Dayal Opticals, is on run. Manager, 3 staffers arrested by #DelhiPolice SouthDist. Further raids on https://t.co/axlGhatoa8 pic.twitter.com/fE9E9oF3rM

      — #DilKiPolice Delhi Police (@DelhiPolice) May 7, 2021


      The Twitter bio of Navneet Kalra, a businessman, lists out his popular businesses-- #Dayalopticals #Khanchacha #TownHall #Mrchoy. All of them are popular in the capital city of India.

      As the raids in Khan Chacha began, a part of a crackdown against hoarders selling oxygen concentrators in the black market amid an acute shortage, it wasn't Navneet Kalra's name that trended. The eatery's name soon became viral on social media, though.

      And a lot of the tweets gave it a communal angle.

      खाँ चाचा कभी भी ऐसा नहीं कर सकते - हमको बॉलीवुड की हर पिक्चर में खाँ चाचा एक भले मानुस दिखाए गए हैं https://t.co/GSODtNL4mp

      — Alok Bhatt (@alok_bhatt) May 7, 2021


      Pic1- When you enters in khan chacha's shop.
      Pic2- When you see illegal oxygen cylinders inside the shop. pic.twitter.com/RsTuYQianq

      — Hunटरर ♂🥳 (@nickhunterr) May 7, 2021


      Meanwhile khan chacha restaurant condition is like this....#khanmarket #Khanchacha ... pic.twitter.com/13EWC2gGlN

      — Raghu (@Raghavmathur09) May 7, 2021


      "WHAT'S IN A NAME? THAT WHICH WE CALL A KHAN BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD STILL SMELL AS A..."

      Answers in DM only, I don't want to go to jail.#Khanchacha https://t.co/cjoIj4XWEX

      — Varadraj Adya (@varadadya) May 7, 2021


      However, journalists and politicians took to Twitter to remind everyone that it is Navneet Kalra who owns 'Khan Chacha' restaurant

      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. https://t.co/4KgL4gFqYo

      — Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) May 7, 2021


      Navneet Kalra owns a ton of properties in Khan market. He owns the most exclusive restaurants in New Delhi including Townhall and Nege and Ju. He owns Dayal Opticals. Yet he chose to profit from a pandemic. What a terrible, evil man.

      — Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) May 7, 2021


      Navneet Kalra turned out be a real scamsters, first Nege & Ji Bar now Khan Chacha emerges as hub of hoarding and selling oxygen concentrators. Sad that he scammed the real Khan Chacha's family of the legitimate use of the name.

      — Aditya Menon (@AdityaMenon22) May 7, 2021


      It's needing to be expressed over and over again that the owner of Khan Chacha is not a Muslim

      — Jairaj Singh (@JairajSinghR) May 7, 2021


      Khan Chacha is not owned by a Mr Khan.

      I'm just leaving this info here.

      For anyone who needs it. Or was curious. Or likes trivia. Or reads lists. Or has a cell working for them.
      Or likes Kathi rolls.

      — Vir Das (@thevirdas) May 7, 2021


      The about section of 'Khan Chacha' only mentions Navneet Kalra's name. No where does it mention the real Khan Chacha Haji Banda Hassan's name.

      After a long battle over the trademark name 'Khan Chacha', Hassan's son's Salim and Javed started a restaurant called Salim Javed, located right next to the original eatery.

      As history goes, Haji Banda Hassan had fled from his unenviable circumstances in Saharanpur in 1960 as a teenager and sought refuge in the food stalls outside Jama Masjid. After years of doing menial jobs, in 1972, he set up a small stall in Khan Market to sell rolls. Soon he became Khan Sahib and eventually Khan Chacha. In 2009, Khan Chacha shut down abruptly after a battle over the name. Hasan and his sons and the landlord of the spot offered contrasting statements on 'Who is the real Khan Chacha?' In 2010, they entered into a partnership with Navneet Kalra. Six years later, in 2016, following business disagreements, they split.

      Also Read: How To Stop Ourselves From Doomscrolling In The Pandemic

      A 2017 Economic Times report claimed that there are "forged and fabricated" documents of an agreement from 2012 that handed over the rights of the trademark to Kalra's company. The authenticity of that document has been disputed.

      Also Read: Video Of 'Oxygen Express' Train Falsely Shared As Aid From Pakistan

      The 51-year-old legacy Dayal Opticals runs over 15 stores in Delhi NCR with Naveen at the helm. And it's not just Dayal Opticals. Naveen owns many of the stores in Delhi's posh Khan Market.

      During the raids by Delhi police, four people – Hitesh Prakash, Gaurav Singh, Satish Sethi and Vikrant Singh – were arrested. The oxygen concentrators were being sold at Rs 70,000 each, reported Indian Express.

      Meanwhile, in its oxygen bulletin for 6th May, the Delhi government said that 59% less oxygen was supplied as against the demand. The demand was at 976 MT and the supply was at 577 MT. The SOS pleas for oxygen on Twitter continue still.

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