New Delhi: Police have busted two syndicates allegedly involved in selling counterfeit products across the city. In one case, five people were arrested in Rohini for allegedly selling counterfeit spare parts and accessories of high-end mobile phones. Items worth over Rs 1.6 crore were seized. Police were tipped off on Friday that several shops in a mall in Sector 3 were selling counterfeit products. DCP (crime) Pankaj Kumar said: “Raids were conducted in five shops where the owners failed to produce bills or authorisation from the mobile phone company for the sale of the products.” Police seized around 1,000 back panels, 180 back bodies, 228 mobile batteries, 48 cameras and charging flexes, 738 back covers, 14 adapters and 109 cables from these shops. The accused have been identified as Dinesh, Shivam Singhal, Shivam, Puneet and Ramkaran Sharma. A case has been registered under sections of BNS. In another operation, two persons were arrested in northeast Delhi’s Brahmpuri for allegedly manufacturing and supplying spurious protein supplements after packaging them to look like products of reputed brands. Acting on a tip-off, police traced two residents of Brahmpuri — Mohit Tiwari and Mohit Dixit — who were found to be involved in the fraud, which can cause organ diseases to users. Tiwari received Rs 150 as a commission for each container he sold. The accused led police to their manufacturing units, where nearly 100 kg of fake protein powder and 55 kg of raw materials, including whey protein, cocoa powder, flavouring agents and suspected maltodextrin, were seized. Packaging material, fake stickers of reputed brands, plastic jars, seals, two mixing machines and weighing machines were found there.
