India, March 30 -- A 32-year-old man was arrested from Rani Khera village in northwest Delhi in connection with a case of counterfeit protein powder production and distribution, a police officer said on Sunday.

The accused, Naveen Kumar alias Banjara, 32, a resident of Haryana, was arrested during a raid on Saturday. Sealed containers of counterfeit products, fake stickers, holograms, raw materials, flavouring agents, manufacturing machines and a QR code printer were recovered.

The arrest comes against the backdrop of the March 9 raid at the Brahmapuri area, where police recovered over 155 kgs of fake protein powder and arrested two accused, Mohit Tiwari and Mohit Dixit.

The officer said the interrogation of Tiwari and Dixit led to the...