Tata Motors has carried out raids in 19 locations across the country in recent months to help curb counterfeit products, as part of its campaign against spurious spare parts that started in 2012-13.
The raids were conducted on 19 spurious Tata parts manufacturers and duplicate packaging suppliers across the country, the company said on Friday (August 26).
The raids have identified five manufacturers of Tata Motors counterfeit parts, packaging materials and stickers and FIRs have been filed against all of them.
These raids were also carried out in major cities like, New Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur and Vijayawada.
The spurious parts dealers who were raided at several firms in Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Lucknow.
According to Sanjeev Garg of Tata Motors, easily available spurious parts like clutch parts, filters, gear box parts not only affect the aggregate life of the vehicle but are also a major threat to everyone around and one of the biggest reasons for road accidents.
Tata Motors regularly conduct awareness programnes for mechanics, retailers and consumers to identify genuine parts and so far over 300 programmes and 7,000 individuals have been covered so far, he said.
