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Mumbai police nabs seven for selling fake cosmetics, kingpin absconding

The spurious cosmetics would be packaged with the name of HUL's famous brands printed on them.

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The Mumbai Crime Branch, on Sunday, arrested seven persons for allegedly manufacturing and selling fake beauty products disguised under the brand name of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL).

The spurious cosmetics would be packaged with the name of HUL's famous brands printed on them. The customers who used the products, assuming that they were the original ones, suffered from skin problems.

Dermatologist Dr Vikrant Saoji, said, "In order to take precaution, people should buy cosmetic products from a reputed shop rather than buying it from the street. The doctors don't have any control over the sale of medicine or beauty products. The drugs control authority should take control of such misuse of products."

The accused have been identified as Abdul Sayyed, Rajesh Desai, Ramdas Rahate, Nitin Pore, Kishor Tamanekar, Raghu Patel and Abdulla Ansari for misusing the brand of HUL and have been booked for copyright and trademark violation along with forgery and cheating.

The HUL had filed a notice of motion against the accused in the Bombay High Court in February 2018. 

The complaint came after the HUL noticed that their brand value was used to sell the bogus beauty products. Subsequently, the Bombay High Court had ordered an investigation and asked the police to submit a report.

According to the police, they had registered an FIR against 9 persons and arrested seven persons who were involved in the racket. They added that the arrested were people who would provide the fake stickers of HUL's brands, raw material, distributors and others. The main accused in the case is still absconding and the police are trying to nab him.

"All the accused would run the racket from Crawford market. They would sell the low-quality material in the wholesale market. Eyeliners and talcum powders were the most common which caused massive loss to the company," said a crime branch officer.

FAKING IT

  • Spurious cosmetics would be packaged with HUL’s famous brands printed on them  
     
  • Customers who used the products, assuming that they were the original ones, suffered from skin problems  
     
  • HUL had filed a notice of motion against the accused in the Bombay High Court in February 2018  
     
  • Eyeliners and talcum powders were the most commonly sold fake products
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