‘Jeans, Shirts and T-Shirts Worth ₹2.71 Lakh’ Seized as Ahmedabad Police Raid Danilimda Shop Over Fake Branded Clothes
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Ahmedabad’s Danilimda police seized 102 garments worth ₹2.71 lakh from a shop near Shah Alam toll plaza on 14 October for allegedly selling counterfeit clothes bearing the logo and name of international fashion brand CHROME HEARTS LLC.
The raid at Retro Galary followed a complaint by a field officer of a Delhi-based patent and trademark company, who alleged that the shop was selling garments bearing counterfeit brand logos. Police have registered a case under the Copyright Act against the shopkeeper and launched an investigation.
102 Garments Seized During Raid
According to the complaint filed by Mukeshkumar Dinanath, a resident of Khari Baoli in Delhi, he has worked as a field officer with United & United Patent and Trademark for the past 10 years.
Dinanath received information that a shop near Shah Alam toll plaza in Danilimda was allegedly selling clothes using the name and logo of CHROME HEARTS LLC without authorisation. He subsequently informed Danilimda police, who raided the premises on 14 October.
The shop, located at Shop No. 1/2 in the Classic Sun complex, was found to have a stock of garments bearing the allegedly counterfeit logos.
Jeans, Shirts and T-Shirts Worth ₹2.71 Lakh
During the search, police found 50 pairs of jeans valued at ₹1.50 lakh, 40 shirts worth ₹1 lakh and 12 T-shirts valued at ₹21,600.
The total value of the seized stock was ₹2,71,600.
The shopkeeper, identified as 30-year-old Mew Salman Khan Mohsinbhai, a resident of Harshvardhan Society in the Maktum Nagar area of Vatva, was present during the raid.
Police seized the garments and registered an offence against him under the Copyright Act. Further investigation is under way to establish the source of the garments and the alleged sale of counterfeit branded clothing.
