Fake Military Uniform Racket Bust In Rajasthan
A joint operation by Indian Army intelligence units and Rajasthan Police seized nearly 1,000 metres of unauthorised Army-pattern combat cloth.
Sriganganagar: A joint operation by Indian Army intelligence units and Rajasthan Police has led to the seizure of nearly 1,000 metres of unauthorised Army-pattern combat cloth from shops across Sriganganagar district, exposing a wider network allegedly supplying counterfeit military uniforms to vendors in the region.
The action followed a seizure of similar counterfeit combat cloth in Bareilly in June this year, which was traced back to a manufacturing source in Sriganganagar. Acting on this lead, intelligence personnel of Indian Army carried out a discreet investigation in the city, which pointed to a local firm, as a key link in the supply chain allegedly distributing counterfeit Army-pattern combat cloth to shops in Sriganganagar town as well as Lalgarh Jattan, Suratgarh and other nearby markets."
Indian Army sources said that the unauthorised manufacture, storage and sale of Army-pattern combat uniforms pose a serious national security threat and perpetrators can misuse the fake uniforms to impersonate army personnel.
According to the Army, an interim probe report was shared with the Rajasthan Police in mid-July after a consignment of counterfeit combat cloth was seized in Bareilly, leading to a coordinated operation on July 30 in which security personnel and police searched multiple shops.