Hyderabad, Jan. 14 -- The police on Tuesday, January 13, arrested two people selling duplicate Karachi mehendi cones during a raid on a manufacturing unit and seized counterfeit items worth Rs 8 lakh.

Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the units in Minar Colony, Balapur, and Afzalgunj. One of the accused, Mohd Asif, 48, worked as a carpenter and was manufacturing the mehendi, while the other accused, Deepak Kumar, 25, a businessman, was selling the cones in wholesale markets.

A total of 8,400 fake Karachi mehendi cones were seized, along with five kg of oxalic acid to mix in the mehendi powder and 200 Karachi-named printed boxes, among other items, all worth Rs 8 lakh.

Asif had initially established a production unit at Minar Colon...