Crime – Fake cosmetics worth Rs 2 lakh seized from Burrabazar shop

Goods bearing phony label of a reputable beauty company have been seized from a store in Burrabazar in northwest Kolkata on Friday. 

Officers of the enforcement branch of Kolkata law enforcement said the raid was performed on the foundation of a particular enter. The officers seized alleged counterfeit eyeliners, compacts, lipsticks, mascara, deal with powder and kajal from the store.

Police reported the truly worth of the seized goods was close to Rs 2 lakh. 

There are several outlets in central and northwest Kolkata that offer different goods, which includes cosmetics, at a decrease price tag declaring that they had been marketing them at a wholesale level. Nevertheless, the law enforcement claimed, lots of of the goods could be fake.

Sources in the enforcement branch stated they experienced determined a several additional retailers that were allegedly providing bogus cosmetics that could be hazardous to the human system.

Website cloning criticism

A confectionery in West Bengal has alleged that someone created a pretend web page in their name and experienced been gathering revenue offering franchises.

Police arrested a few folks, which includes one particular from Bihar, for the alleged fraud. Officers seized 42 ATM playing cards and a massive variety of financial institution passbooks. “Several sites have been raided in Bihar and Kolkata. 1 accused, Prince Raj, was arrested in Bihar. Two some others, Dharmendra Ram and Nitish Kumar, were being arrested from Entally,” explained an officer.

The police explained this was a circumstance of web page cloning wherever a company’s web site is replicated with a slight transform in the URL.