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Delhi Police has busted rackets producing counterfeit medicines, nutrient items, cosmetic products, and lubricant oil, and seized ample quantities of specified products successful aggregate raids, an serviceman said connected Thursday.
On Tuesday, constabulary arrested Pramod Kumar Gupta, 67, astatine Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station for allegedly manufacturing counterfeit medicines and cosmetics. After his arrest, a raid astatine a rented farmhouse successful Bijwasan, south-west Delhi, led to the seizure of astir 800 boxes of Fair & Lovely look cream, Veet hairsbreadth removal cream, and 600 kg of stearic acid. The serviceman said that Mr. Gupta was besides progressive successful producing spurious Betnovate-C ointment and, days earlier the raid, destroyed grounds by burning astir 25 cartons containing astir 27,000 Betnovate-C tubes. Mr. Gupta has been charged nether applicable sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
In a abstracted case, constabulary dismantled a racket progressive successful the merchantability of expired and misbranded Hershey products by arresting the alleged kingpin, Atul Jain, 55, from Tri Nagar, north-west Delhi. The probe began aft the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) filed a ailment past year.
“Atul purchased products nearing expiry from middlemen successful Mumbai astatine debased prices. He past altered the expiry labels earlier selling them online and successful carnal markets,” the serviceman said.
In Nangloi, constabulary connected Wednesday busted a racket progressive successful the large-scale accumulation of counterfeit Castrol lubricant lipid by arresting the cardinal accused, Sandeep, 36.
Police seized astir 3,950 litres of fake lubricant oil, implicit 12,000 bare Castrol buckets, machinery utilized for accumulation and packaging material, valued astatine implicit ₹1 crore.
“Investigation revealed that the accused sourced low-cost lubricant lipid and rebranded it to lucifer the genuine product,” the serviceman said.
A lawsuit has been registered nether the Copyright Act and Section 349 (selling counterfeit products) and 318(4) (cheating and dishonesty) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
