Police bust racket selling ''counterfeit'' electric appliances

New Delhi, Feb 18 (PTI) Police today arrested a man andclaimed to have busted a racket of manufacturing, packagingand sale of counterfeit electric ceiling fans of a registeredhome appliance company.

Acting on a tip-off, the police raided a shop inBhagirath Place Market in Rohini and recovered 186 counterfeitproducts of ''Slivertone'' electric appliances.

"Further search was conducted at the said shop and 200packs of counterfeit heating elements and twelve counterfeitfans bearing falsified trade mark of ''Silvertone'' wererecovered from the shop," police said, adding that one AnilKumar has been arrested.

Sriram, the shop owner, is absconding and efforts are onto apprehend him, they said.

The accused is being taken in police custody remand tofind out their other associates indulging in such illegalactivities.