The police on Saturday, arrested a distributor and three shopkeepers involved in selling duplicate hair oil in Magalwara area and seized oil worth Rs 2 lakh from their possession. According to the police, area sales manager of Parachute Oil Company lodged a compliant with the Mangalwara police station regarding the sell of duplicate hair oil of Parachute Company.
After the police registered the complaint and preliminary investigation, the police raided shops in the Mangalwara area and seized around 1,515 duplicate bottles of Parachute Company.From three shops the bottles were sized which were in the packing of 100gm, 200gm and 250 gm. A distributor Bharat Chandani was nabbed along with three shopkeepers Mohd Atique, Kavi Prajapati and Rajesh.
A case of Copy Right Act was registered against the accused and were produced in the court later. The four were later granted bail by the court and released.Investigation officer Sub-Inspector Babulal Yadav said that the Area Sales Manager of Jitendra Kumar lodged a complaint about the circulation of duplicate hair oil of his company and selling by the retailers in Mangalwara area.
A complaint was lodged in this regard on Friday, and on the receipt of the information, action was taken on Saturday.It is possible that the distributor used to supply the duplicate oil to other areas also, which will be investigated and those involved in the selling of such fake products would be nabbed. Police said that the duplicate oil sold to other retailers would be seized during further investigation.