New Delhi, Apr 19 (PTI) Delhi Police has arrested two men after busting a counterfeit engine oil manufacturing unit operating in east Delhi’s Ghazipur, an official said on Sunday.
Rakesh Kumar Chhabra (52) and Kuldeep Singh (52), both residents of Delhi, were arrested during a raid at a godown on Thursday, in which police recovered around 700 litres of duplicate engine oil, packed and labelled as popular brands, he said.
“The seizure included 28 oil cans of 20 litres each and 140 bottles of one litre each, along with more than 550 empty bottles of various brands, stickers, coupons, barcodes, labels, and other packaging material,” a senior police officer said.
A bottle sealing machine, drum, buckets, funnels, filter meshes, and other equipment used in the manufacturing and packaging of counterfeit oil were also recovered from the premises, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused were involved in manufacturing and supplying duplicate engine oil in the market under the labels of reputed brands, the officer said.
Chhabra ran a garments business in Haryana, which shut down during the Covid-19 period, while Singh quit his job as a truck driver due to health issues, following which both got involved in the illegal trade in 2022, police said.
Efforts are underway to identify others involved in the supply chain, they said. PTI BM MDO ARI
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