Archive · 18 Dec 2025
Mastermind of Fake Cosmetics and Medicines Arrested
Police in Delhi arrested the main person behind a group that made and sold fake medicines and beauty products.
This person, Pramod Kumar Gupta, was caught at a train station.
The police also arrested two other people involved.
They found a secret factory in a rented farmhouse where fake products like Fair and Lovely and Veet creams were made.
The factory had been running for six years and was supplying fake products all over North India.
The police seized a lot of fake products and machines.
They also found out that Gupta had tried to burn some evidence before running away.
The fake products were a big danger to people's health, and the police are still investigating to find out more about the people involved.
Delhi Police arrested Pramod Kumar Gupta, the mastermind behind a racket producing spurious medicines and fake cosmetic products.
The illegal manufacturing unit was operating from a rented farmhouse in Bijwasan village, southwest Delhi.
Police seized a large quantity of raw materials, finished spurious products, packaging items, and machinery used for manufacturing and packing.
Around 600 kg of stearic acid, empty boxes, machines, and about 800 boxes each of counterfeit Fair and Lovely and Veet hair removal cream were seized.
Gupta was involved in a 2006 case under the Copyright Act and had destroyed evidence by burning around 25 cartons of spurious Betnovate-C ointment before fleeing.
- Who
- Delhi Police and Drugs Control department of Delhi government
- What
- Arrested the mastermind of a racket involved in manufacturing and supplying spurious medicines and fake cosmetic products
- When
- December 16, 2023
- Where
- Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station, Delhi and Bijwasan village, southwest Delhi
- Why
- To crack down on the illegal manufacture and sale of counterfeit products and protect public health
- Location
- Ghaziabad and Delhi
- Arrested Persons
- 3 (Pramod Kumar Gupta, Shree Ram, Gaurav Bhagat)
- Fake Medicines Seized
- Over 350 kg (including 600 kg stearic acid and 800 boxes of counterfeit Fair and Lovely and Veet creams)
- Counterfeit Drugs Worth
- Rs 2.3 crore
- Duration of Operation
- 6 years
- Suppliers
- Wholesalers in Sadar Bazaar
- Scope of Distribution
- North India
- Evidence Destroyed
- 25 cartons (27,000 tubes) of spurious Betnovate-C ointment