Racket selling expired food, cosmetic items busted

The Delhi Police busted a racket and arrested a man allegedly involved in tampering and selling expired food and cosmetic products as fresh stock in the open market, police said on Saturday.

The accused, Omprakash Sharma, a resident of Ghaziabad, was operating an illegal setup where expired consumer goods were being altered and prepared for resale, they said.

Acting on a tip-off, a team conducted a raid at a godown located in the Jagatpur area in northeast Delhi.

“During the search, police found a large quantity of expired food and cosmetic products stored at the premises,” a senior police officer of the Crime Branch said.

The officer said the accused was removing or chemically erasing original expiry dates and batch numbers and reprinting fresh manufacturing and expiry dates to pass off the goods as genuine.