After launching a probe into the matter, Delhi Police on Tuesday finally busted a factory that was manufac🍰turing and selling counterfeit Surf Excel washing powder in Narela.
According to police , one person was arrested.
The accused, identified as Mukesh Gar🅘g (43), was previously🤡 involved in several other criminal cases.
The police said 3,247 kg of wash🌱ing powder was seize𒈔d from the factory.
The probe was launched upon a complaint that was lodged by Rajesh Kumar representing💯 Assiduous Consulting India Limited, regarding manufacturing of counterfeit Surf Excel washing powder.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North) Rajiv Ranjan Singh said on Monday, a team conducted a raid in the fa♔ctory in Kure💙ni village here.
During interrogation, Garg told the police that he had been in the business of piracy for a long time and also had a shop in the grain ꩲmarket in Narela. He was involved in black marketing of grains.
"His own partner duped him in their illegal business and he suffered losses. After that, he started his own uni💙t for manufacturing and sale of different daily consumable items🌃 of well known brands and companies in Bawana and when one of his workers got injured in the factory, Garg was arrested in the case in 2013," the officer said.
After ꦰthat incident, Garg left Bawana and started a new factory in Samaypur Badli and was arrested in 2018 for production and sale of counterfeit Tata Salt.
He was arrested in 2020 also for production and sale of counꦚterfeit Surf♉ Excel washing powder, the DCP said.
Soon after, he started another factory in Narela where he ma🔯nufactured the dup🔥licate Surf Excel detergent powder in bulk and sold it in Delhi-NCR, he said.
A total of 2,664 packets bearing labels of the original product 𒊎have been seized from thꦗe factory.
(With PTI Inputs)
