New Delhi: As India sees an oxygen crisis due to the Covid surge, a video is going viral on social media in which a man can be seen begging the policemen not to take away oxygen cylinders from a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra. The video went on to claim that the police confiscated the oxygen cylinder from a private hospital in Agra and "supplied it to a VIP". “My mother will die. Please don’t take away oxygen cylinders. I request you,” the man can be heard in the video The clip was shared by the official Twitter handle of the Youth Congress https://twitter.com/i/status/1387462225594490886 Since the video went viral, the Agra Police on Wednesday issued a clarification on the video. They said that clip is shared with a misleading claim. Police refute the claims that they took away the oxygen cylinder that the man had arranged for his COVID-19 positive mother. Agra Superintendent of Police BR Prasad said the cops were actually carrying an empty cylinder. Watch what Police said: https://twitter.com/i/status/1387439038152417284 "The viral video is of Upadhyay Hospital. Due to shortage of oxygen cylinders in Agra few days back, some people were giving away their personal cylinders to hospitals for the treatment of the loved ones. The two people who are taking away the cylinder are actually taking away an empty cylinder. The man seen requesting the police is a kin of a COVID patient and was actually asking the cops to help him procure a cylinder for his mother," the SP said.
