Two Traders Selling Duplicate Products Of Hindustan Lever Company Nabbed

Bhopal, 9 Feb 2020:

Kotwali police nabbed two traders who were involved in selling duplicate products of Hindustan Lever Company (HUL) and recovered 9 LED TV from his shop at Itwara area on Wednesday.

The action was taken after a complaint was lodged by Manager, HUL, Subhash Sharma, against Kapil Beauty Collection and Bhopal Genera Store which deals in cosmetic goods and are wholesalers.

Then, shops were raided and cosmetics worth lakhs of rupees seized.

The accused were selling cosmetics by using packing of HUL. The brand name was used to sell cosmetics which was fraud and infringement of copy right.

The owners, Kapil Budhani of Kapil Beauty Collection and Mohammad Shahid of Bhopal Genera Store, were nabbed by the police.

During the raid, police  found massive stock of fake cosmetics and the complainant has provided details of other traders who are using branding of HUL and selling their products which would be investigated.

On Friday, the complainant, who is Delhi-based, came to Bhopal and lodged a complaint regarding the two shops at Lalwani Press road.

The shopkeepers who used to purchase goods from the two accused would be investigated as the goods are sold several retail shopkeepers, said police. Police have registered a case under sections 420, 467,468,471 of the IPC and section 63 Copyright Act 1957. The Pioneer