The police raided a cosmetic shop in lakherapura locality on Saturday. The shop was selling duplicate products in the name of renowned companies. Cosmetic company, loreal’s products worth about Rs21,000 have been seized by the police.
The Kotwali police arrested shop owner Kapil Kumar and registered a case against him under Section 420 of the IPC and Sections 51 and 63 of the Copyright Act.
Investigating officer Sub-Inspector SK Tomar said that manager of Mumbai-based Perfect Intelligence Services Private limited Nilesh Kumar Mahtre had complained that duplicate products were being sold by Kapil Kumar at lakherapura area.
Based on the complaint, a team — including the company officials — was formed and the shop was raided on Friday in which around 97 duplicate cosmetic products were recovered. The seized products included lipsticks, eyeliner, kohl (kajal), foundation, mascara, radiance, color bar and lipbalm.
The accused owns New Beauty Collection at lakehrapura and lives at Gandhi Nagar. He told police that he was not aware that the products were not genuine as the salesmen used to visit his shop and would deliver a range of cosmetics.
Tomar told that under Section 63 of the Copyright Act the punishment for infringement of copyright is a jail term of a minimum of six months and a maximum of three years with fine not less than Rs 50000 and a maximum fine of Rs 2 lakh which depends on the court's discretion.