During a raid on a warehouse in Delhi’s Rohini region on Wednesday, authorities found counterfeit car wires valued at over Rs 70 lakh.” At least one lakh counterfeit goods were found during the court-ordered raid, according to officials.
The order copy of the raid, which CNN-News18 has seen, mentions that an official appointed as a local commissioner by the court of a District Judge (Commercial Court) Rohini had executed the order.
Delhi police teams had also assisted the raiding party in the process, a senior officer from the force confirmed.
“The raid was carried out based on information provided by Suprajit Engineering Ltd., a company that manufactures clutch and brake wires for two- and four-wheelers. The company informed the district court that counterfeit products of its brand were being sold and stored in large quantities in the Rohini area. The raid was carried out under a local commissioner appointed by the court, and during searches, more than one lakh counterfeit wires were recovered from the warehouse,” an officer with knowledge of the development said.
The officer added that the total estimated cost of the recovered counterfeit products is over Rs 70 lakh in the black market, while original wires of the same quantity would have cost multiple times more.
“It is believed that these fake wires were given to nearby auto shops, where they were utilized in place of the real thing at a premium price. The possibility that the warehouse owner or anybody else was involved in the production or sale of these fake goods is also being investigated. The subject is still being looked into further,” the officer continued.
Recently, in another raid Delhi police had also recovered counterfeit airbags of top automobile brands. More than 900 counterfeit airbags worth Rs 1.8 crore were recovered in this case with the arrest of three people.