With the arrest of two men, the Delhi Police on Monday claimed to have busted a spurious pesticide manufacturing plant being operated in the national Capital’s Mundka area.
The accused have been identified as Mohan Lal and Aman. Police said that the duo had rented two godowns at Hiran Kudna village two months ago for manufacturing the fake pesticides. They had made an initial investment of Rs nine lakh.
According to Parvinder Singh, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Outer district, a complaint was received from the representative of a pesticide manufacturing company alleging that someone was infringing the firm’s trademark by producing spurious products in its name.
“A raid was conducted on July 30 and a large quantity of spurious material bearing the names of several companies was found stacked at the manufacturing plant in Mundka. Mohan Lal, Aman, Vijay and Rajender were engaged in manufacturing and selling spurious pesticides and fungicides with the branding of different companies. They also used to sell seeds of different crops treated with these fake pesticides,” said the DCP.
“Fake raw material found at the plant and machinery used for manufacturing these spurious products was seized,” said the DCP.
“During questioning, it was revealed that Mohan Lal’s son-in-law Naveen runs a pesticide shop in Indra Market, Tis Hazari road. Aman also ran a pesticide shop in the same market,” said the DCP.
“Vijay, who hails from Punjab’s Bhatinda, is also a supplier of spurious pesticides. His associate Rajender is a resident of Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh. The two are major stakeholders in this business,” said the DCP.
“Vijay came in contact with Mohan Lal in Indra Market here. Lal’s candle business was not going well so he started doing business with Vijay. Aman was also roped in by him as his pesticide shop was not doing much business,” said the DCP.
According to the deal between the accused, Vijay was responsible for supply, Rajender was tasked with packaging and arranging infrastructure while Mohan Lal and Aman looked after production.
Police said they are looking for Vijay and Rajender and further investigation into the case is underway.
