Nagpur: The Crime Branch Unit 5 apprehended three individuals involved in selling counterfeit products under the “Godrej Good Knight Flash Liquid Vaporizer” brand here, on Thursday, March 6. The accused were caught red-handed at a grocery store near Janata Hospital, Jaripatka.

Acting on a tip-off, the police raided Jawahar Kirana Stores and found the store owners—Nikhil Inderlal Khanchandani (25), Suraj Sajnadas Anandwani (22), and Pradeep Tirathdas Dholwani (43)—selling fake mosquito repellent liquid vaporizers with unauthorized use of the brand’s logo and stickers. The police seized 201 counterfeit bottles worth approximately ₹17,085.

A case has been registered against the accused under Section 318 of the BNS and Section 63 of the Copyright Act at Jaripatka Police Station. The seized goods and the accused have been handed over for further investigation.

The operation was carried out under the guidance of Commissioner of Police Ravinder Kumar Singal, Joint CP Nisar Tamboli, Additional CP (Crime) Sanjay Patil, DCP (Detection) Rahul Makanikar, and ACP (Crime) Abhijeet Patil, with the efforts of PI Sandeep Buwa and his team.