<p>A 50-year-old man was arrested for selling fake shoes of a prominent brand, police said on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police recovered over 1,400 shoes with a fake logo of the brand. They also recovered shoe-making machines worth Rs 1.10 crore. <br /><br />Jaikishan Sapra, 50, a resident of Paschim Vihar, was arrested in Sadar Bazar in central Delhi after the Delhi police economic offence wing got a complaint from Relaxo Footwears on Monday. <br /><br />“We received a complaint that a shop at Sadar Bazaar was selling counterfeit footwear of Relaxo Footwears,” said K K Vyas, deputy commissioner of police (economic offences).<br /><br />The police then conducted a raid at Sapra Footwear, from where 80 pairs of fake footwear bearing fake trademark of Relaxo Footwear were recovered.<br /><br />Jaikishan told police that the consignment was supplied to him by Deepak Singal of Bhagwati Footwear, which has a factory at Mangolpuri in outer Delhi.<br /><br />“Then we conducted raids on the premises of Bhagwati Footwear, and 1,329 pairs of counterfeit footwears bearing the trademarks of Sparx and Sparkle were recovered,” said Vyas. He said a sole moulding machine used for manufacturing the fake shoes was also found at the factory.<br /><br />The police have seized the machine and sealed the factory. Singal is absconding.<br /><br />“They have indulged in illegal activities and caused loss to the tune of crores of rupees to the company and the government exchequer in the last four years,” Vyas said.</p>
<p>A 50-year-old man was arrested for selling fake shoes of a prominent brand, police said on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police recovered over 1,400 shoes with a fake logo of the brand. They also recovered shoe-making machines worth Rs 1.10 crore. <br /><br />Jaikishan Sapra, 50, a resident of Paschim Vihar, was arrested in Sadar Bazar in central Delhi after the Delhi police economic offence wing got a complaint from Relaxo Footwears on Monday. <br /><br />“We received a complaint that a shop at Sadar Bazaar was selling counterfeit footwear of Relaxo Footwears,” said K K Vyas, deputy commissioner of police (economic offences).<br /><br />The police then conducted a raid at Sapra Footwear, from where 80 pairs of fake footwear bearing fake trademark of Relaxo Footwear were recovered.<br /><br />Jaikishan told police that the consignment was supplied to him by Deepak Singal of Bhagwati Footwear, which has a factory at Mangolpuri in outer Delhi.<br /><br />“Then we conducted raids on the premises of Bhagwati Footwear, and 1,329 pairs of counterfeit footwears bearing the trademarks of Sparx and Sparkle were recovered,” said Vyas. He said a sole moulding machine used for manufacturing the fake shoes was also found at the factory.<br /><br />The police have seized the machine and sealed the factory. Singal is absconding.<br /><br />“They have indulged in illegal activities and caused loss to the tune of crores of rupees to the company and the government exchequer in the last four years,” Vyas said.</p>
