Acting on a tip-off provided by a Chandigarh-based company, the police on Thursday raided a local footwear shop and seized fake footwear of renowned brand names, in Mangalwara market area. The cost of the goods seized was estimated to be Rs 10 lakh.
On Thursday, Mangalwara Police seized several pairs of fake shoes from Mangalwara area. The action was taken after receiving information of fake shoes by a Chandigarh based company Speed Network.
Director of Chandigarh-based company Speed Network Romesh Dutta after receiving complaint from Polo and lacoste that fake footwear of their brand using fake stickers are being sold in the market and when Dutta enquired he found that the claims were true and lodged a complaint with Mangalwara police regarding the fake shoes.
Earlier, Dutta in his complaint has claimed that Agra based footwear company Hajid Shoes is involved in manufacturing fake shoes and which are sold at very low rates.
The shoes were sold at Rs 600 per pair in the local market through dealers which were not appointed by the company and these dealers were selling the shoes by organizing ‘sale’ at different places in the city.
The whole racket was managed by selling the shoes in the name of sale and the sale was opened at several places in the city.
The company officials told that the starting price of shoes is around Rs 3,500 which were sold by Hajid Company at around Rs 1,500.