With the help of the police, MP Urja Vikas Nigam and Energy Efficiency Services limited (EESl) raided a company that was making duplicate lED bulbs. This was possible only with the alertness of Urja Vikas Nigam and EESl.
The Ujala Scheme was started by the Chief Minister and Minister of New and Renewable energy in the month of April.
The lED bulbs were being sold through distributors, private Akshay Urja shops, MP Electricity distribution companies and post office.
These lED bulbs are of 9 watts and cost Rs 85 each. In past few days many lEDs were brought to the Nigam for replacement and that drew suspicion.
later, the officials tested the samples and it was found that the sample was duplicate lED bulb.
The weight was less than the normal weight of the lED and also the element inside was not as the original bulbs. On investigation it was found out that these duplicates were manufactured in Indore. It was being sold at Rs 60 per bulb.
A person named Honey Singh was trying to the sell the duplicate bulbs at the centers determined by the MP Urja Vikas Nigam and EESl. As per a pre-planned scheme the investigators brought 100 bulbs from this person and when tested were found to be duplicate. On June 30, 2016 the Managing Director of Urja Vikas Nigam Manu Shrivastava after discussing the matter with concerned officials of Urja Vikas Nigam and EESl decided that a raid at the manufacturing unit would be appropriate.
Then they contacted the police department of Indore and conducted the raid. On July 1, 2016 the culprits have been filed under the section 420, 465, 467 and 468 and copy right Act.
The factory is located at Sector 54 in Vijay Nagar, Indore. Police arrested two persons Honey Singh and Vivek Chourasiya and seized many duplicate bulbs.