The Bhopal Crime branch and TT Nagar police in a joint effort on Wednesday nabbed a shopkeeper for selling duplicate wrist watches of renowned brands in New Market area.
Around 135 watches worth lakhs of rupees were recovered from his shop. According to the police, acting on a tip off, raid at shop number 19/42,which was owned by Tansul Hashwani and duplicate watches of renowned brands were seized from the shop.
In the investigation it was found that duplicate wrist watches of Celvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger companies were sold by the shopkeeper.
The Station House Officer of TT Nagar police station Rakjumar Saraf said that the accused was involved in the business of selling duplicate wrist watches for long. Around 135 watches worth lakhs of rupees were found in the shop at the time of raid.
Investigation has been started and the manufacturers which are providing the accused such kind of duplicate watches would be investigated. Any network involved in circulating the duplicate wrist watches would be investigated. The original wrist watches which would cost Rs 65,000 were sold at Rs 2,500 while
Original wrist watch which would cost around Rs 18,000 was sold around Rs 250.The wrist watches recovered in the raid are worth Rs 3.5 lakh but the original market price of the original watch is several times higher and might run over crore rupee. It would be investigated that the accused was involved in the production of the watches or he is part of the supplier and seller chain.