India, Aug. 2 -- In a joint operation targeting the illegal sale of battle fatigues, the Indian Army and Rajasthan Police seized nearly 1,000 metres of unauthorised army-pattern combat cloth from multiple shops in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar town, the army said on Saturday.

The seizure points to a wider network supplying counterfeit military uniforms to vendors in the region, it added.

To be sure, the army earlier secured a patent for a new combat uniform unveiled in 2022 to prevent unauthorised sale and misuse. The new digital camouflage pattern uniform was introduced to address the uncontrolled proliferation of an earlier uniform, which led to security vulnerabilities in military establishments.

The action followed the seizure of simil...