By Our Correspondent
BERHAMPUR/BHUBANESWAR: Based on the specific inputs received from Military Intelligence Unit , Gopalpur, Berhampur police seized counterfeit army combat uniform from a textile shop called Ganjam Galaxy store in Berhampur
A criminal case was registered at Town Police station as Case no – 57/23 us 420/486/63 Copyright Act and being investigated.
One Rambabu Dangi who works in Army AD College, Gopalpur during his visit to Berhampur noticed that Ganjam Galaxy Store was selling counterfeit army’s new digital combat uniform.
The new digital pattern combat uniform was unveiled by the Army on January 15, 2022 and the old uniform is in the process of being replaced.
The Army has obtained Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for the design and camouflage patterns for a 10-year period, extendable for another five years. This has been done to prevent unauthorized vendors from manufacturing and selling the combat uniform in the open market, as it was posing a serious security threat for the Indian Army.
As per orders, the new uniforms has to be sold only in the Army’s unit-run canteens.
Due to the IPR, the Army now possesses exclusive rights to the design and can file complaint against any unauthorized sale of this design.
A total of 488 metres of Combat uniform worth Rs 1,20,000 has been seized by Berhampur Town police station. During investigation it was found that the Owner of Ganjam Galaxy store had procured this uniform from Kolkata and who in turn has procured it from Ludhiana. Further investigation is going on to verify the place of manufacturing and the people behind it.
