Overview

• Police arrested two men, Sikander Lal and Ashish Ram, during a June 21 raid in Shakarpur for running the illicit bottling unit.
• Officers seized 127 counterfeit stickers, 55 fake bottle caps, 387 barcodes and seven heater guns used to affix labels.
• The makeshift plant had been active since last year, selling thousands of 20-litre bottles in Delhi markets, bus stands and neighbouring states.
• A third suspect, Vishal Gupta, faces action under the Environment Protection Act for illegally extracting and supplying borewell water.
• Authorities warn the operation endangered public health by using untested water and violated Bisleri’s trademark rights.