Ahmedabad police have raided a factory allegedly manufacturing counterfeit electric wires under the names of well-known brands in Odhav and seized material valued at ₹40.62 lakh, while arresting three people and declaring the alleged owner wanted.
The raid was conducted at Shri Ji Industries in Shed No. 11 of Dhaval Industrial Estate on Odhav Ring Road after police received information about illegal cable-wire production at the unit. The information was reportedly passed to Odhav police by Vinodkumar Kapasiya, a manager of a private limited company based in New Delhi.
Police found supervisor Chhotusingh Bhawanisingh Dahiya, 25, and two workers, Mahendrakumar Kuiaram Bhil, 19, and Gopalkumar Rataram Meghwal, 24, at the factory, according to the report. The three were arrested during the operation. Police identified Uttamsingh Jabbarsingh Rajput, a resident of Nikol, as the alleged owner of the factory and declared him wanted.
The factory was allegedly using plastic granules to coat copper wire before printing the names of recognised companies on the finished product. The seized material included 502 bundles of 75 metres each, 137 bundles of 160 metres each, printing equipment, a drive panel, weighing scales and drums containing copper wire. Police valued the total seized material at ₹40.62 lakh.
The operation also revealed a complete production setup, including machinery for melting plastic granules, a 25-foot-long cooling trough, two AZTEC printing machines and a laboratory for testing cable wires, the report said. The scale of the equipment indicates that the unit was not merely storing counterfeit goods but had been arranged for manufacturing and finishing electrical wires on site.
The case has been registered under the Copyright Act, and Odhav police have sealed the factory while beginning further legal proceedings. The investigation is expected to establish the role of the alleged owner and the distribution chain through which the wires may have entered the market.
A representative of one of the companies reportedly told investigators that the company does not sell wires in 75-metre bundles. Police are examining the alleged use of that packaging format and the printing of brand names as part of the investigation into how the products were intended to be marketed.
The raid highlights the role of industrial estates in the urban supply chain for construction and electrical materials, where manufacturing, storage and distribution units operate alongside other small-scale industrial activity. In this case, the police action focused on intellectual-property violations and the alleged production of branded counterfeit goods. Further official details on the suspected buyers, distribution locations and any testing of the seized wires were not provided in the report.
