It has now emerged that the counterfeit Mysore Sandal Soap production facility in Hyderabad, that was raided recently, had been in operation for a decade without coming to notice of the Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Ltd. (KSDL). Investigation has now estimated that the unit had a turnover in the range of ₹500- ₹600 crore since it started, which is the quantum of loss to KSDL.
Along with the Telangana police, officials from KSDL carried out a recent raid on the counterfeit manufacturing facility producing fake Mysore Sandal Soap. During the operation, Hyderabad residents Rakesh Jain and Mahaveer Jain were apprehended and charged for the production of counterfeit Mysore Sandal Soap and other KSDL products.
On January 12, following the direction from M.B. Patil, Minister for Large and Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development and also KSDL chairman, B. Prem Kumar, branch manager of Hyderabad KSDL, approached the police based on the tip-off the Minister had received.
