KOLKATA: Search and seizure operations at toy stores in malls by quality control agency Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in the past couple of days has spread panic among toy retailers in the city.
Retailers in New Market, Gariahat, Fariapukur and other parts of the city on Wednesday went on a “clean-up” drive to remove toys without ISI mark from their shelves before being caught out. Confiscation of non-ISI-certified toys from a retail store can lead to stringent action, that of a minimum penalty of Rs 1 lakh that can go up to five-times the value of the “illegal toys” seized, in addition to imprisonment.
