Fake helmet manufacturing racket busted by Cyberabad police

Hyderabad : The Cyberabad police today busted a fake helmet manufacturing and sale racket.
The DCP Traffic Cyberabad SM Vijay Kumar said that the busting of the scam was the first of its kind in the country where the manufacturers Dheeraj Kumar (O2) Helmets by AASHIRWAD HELMETS & ACCESSORIES and Anil Kumar of Welfare of Hood and Duro Helmets by Welfare Enterprises of Ghaziabad manufacturing duplicate helmets and supplying of low quality helmets.
He said that they had arrested the accused at Ghaziabad and brought them to the city.
In view of increasing menace of sale, distribution and usage of low-quality and fake helmets in the city, Cyberabad Traffic Police constituted a special team of Cyberabad to identify and raid on the godowns Manufacturing and storing low quality/fake helmets in Cyberabad, he said.
The team of EOW identified such manufacturing Companies at Ghaziabad of UP and arrested the above persons to curb manufacturing, supply of such low quality and fake helmets in the city by buying, selling, distribution of such helmets which are against law and provide no protection to the riders, he noted. He also said that they had registered 10 FIRs (Criminal cases) against the accused in the scam.
He said that the busted the racket after fatalities related to road accidents have drastically increased. “On detailed analysis, it was identified that the two wheeler riders pillion riders not wearing helmets or wearing low quality helmets constitute majority of the deaths in road accidents.