Dimapur Police cracks down on selling of counterfeit products

The shop owners arrested for selling counterfeit products with Dimapur Police personnel.

The shop owners arrested for selling counterfeit products with Dimapur Police personnel.

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 3 (MExN): The Dimapur Police have made several arrests with regard to selling of counterfeit products in Dimapur. 

A press release from the PRO, Dimapur Police informed that on August 1, acting on a written complaint lodged by Titan Company Limited at East Police station, police arrested the proprietors of four shops located at Sangrila Market (NL road) and Hongkong Market for selling counterfeit Sonata, Titan and Fastrack wrist watches. Sonata, Titan and Fastrack are the brands of Titan Company Limited. A total of 170 wrist watches, 128 watch chains and 213 dials were seized during the search.

In another similar raid, the proprietors of two shops were arrested from Hazi Park market for selling counterfeit cosmetic products of LAKME. During the search 1,048 numbers of various counterfeit LAKME cosmetic products were seized from the two shops. A written complaint has been lodged at East Police station Dimapur by M/S Hindustan Unilever Limited against the proprietor of the two shops, it informed. 

Two cases have been registered at East Police station, Dimapur under various sections of Copy Rights Act of 1957, Trademark Act of 1999 and other sections of the Indian Penal Code.