Hyderabad, May 28 -- The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Hyderabad Branch Office, conducted a search-and-seizure operation on Monday at a manufacturing unit located in the TSIIC Pashamylaram industrial area of Sangareddy district.

The factory was found to be producing steel door hinges bearing counterfeit ISI marks and supplying them to the market without a valid BIS license, in violation of the BIS Act, 2016.

Stock of steel butt hinges, packaging material seized

During the raid, the BIS team, led by Director Tammadi Sujatha and Joint Director Rakesh Tanneeru under the direction of PV Srikanth, Director and Head of BIS Hyderabad, seized a significant stock of steel butt hinges and packaging materials printed with fake ISI logos.

The...