Man held for selling salt under noted brand name

A 33-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly running a salt factory and packaging it in counterfeit packets of a noted brand, in Outer North Delhi’s Barwala. DCP (Outer North) Rajiv Ranjan Singh

A 33-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly running a salt factory and packaging it in counterfeit packets of a noted brand, in Outer North Delhi’s Barwala. DCP (Outer North) Rajiv Ranjan Singh said the accused has been identified as Mahesh alias Tony, a resident of Barwala. “The most surprising part of the recovered duplicated salt is that each of the packing was so intelligently printed that if the customer scanned the QR code printed on the duplicate packing, it would lead to the brand’s genuine website,” he said. The police said that a complaint was received from the brand’s representative stating that a duplicate salt manufacturing unit was running in Shahbad Dairy area. “When a police team raided the factory, huge quantity of duplicate salt and packaging along with other articles were recovered,” Mr. Singh said.