Thane,

13 July (HS): Two employees of a recycling firm were detained on Sunday in

Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly repackaging expired products,

including food items, for resale in the market, police said. According to an

official, Thane municipal police searched two godowns in the Dahisar district

of Shil-Daighar earlier this week and recovered 200 tons of expired

commodities. He stated that the accused, Mohammad Irfan Mohammad Munir

Chowdhary (41) and Mohammad Akram Mohammad Ismail Shaikh (58), are partners in

a Bhiwandi-based recycling and waste-handling firm. Based on a tip-off that a

recycling firm was reselling outdated items rather than destroying them, our

team raided two godowns in Dahisar on July 9 and 10, according to the official.

He

stated that the crew discovered a vast stockpile of approximately 200 tons of

expired items, which were originally despatched by an e-commerce business for

safe disposal, were being repacked and held for resale.

The

official stated that the stock contained food grains, cereals, flour, sugar,

rice, dried fruits, toilet cleansers, sanitary pads, washing powders, and

branded soaps. Labels on these products were purposely destroyed, and the

items were repackaged in plastic and gunny bags to be sold in Bhiwandi and

adjacent regions. he told reporters. According to the official, both men charged

under sections 318(4) (cheating), 336(2) (forgery), and 340(2) (presenting

counterfeit papers or records as real) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi