A joint operation by Indian Army intelligence units and Rajasthan Police has led to the seizure of nearly 1,000 metres of unauthorised Army-pattern combat cloth from shops across Sriganganagar district, exposing a wider network allegedly supplying counterfeit military uniforms to vendors in the region.
The action followed a seizure of similar counterfeit combat cloth in Bareilly in June this year, which was traced back to a manufacturing source in Sriganganagar. Acting on this lead, intelligence personnel of Indian Army carried out a discrete investigation in the city, which pointed to a local firm, as a key link in the supply chain allegedly distributing counterfeit Army-pattern combat cloth to shops in Sriganganagar town as well as Lalgarh Jattan, Suratgarh and other nearby markets.
An interim investigation report was shared with Rajasthan Police in mid-July, leading to a coordinated operation on 30 July in which security personnel and police searched multiple shops across the district.
The raids yielded approximately 1,000 metres of unauthorised, new-pattern counterfeit combat cloth.
Unauthorised possession, sale or use of military-pattern combat cloth is a punishable offence, and such material poses a security risk if it enables impersonation of armed forces personnel.
