Patna, Sept. 29: Police are still trying to identify those involved in the racket of spurious goods, two days after a consignment of fake beauty products was recovered from 9to9 Supermarket in the state capital.

The snail’s pace of the investigation has, however, irked the executives of Procter and Gamble, who are accustomed to corporate efficiency.

The executives of the US-based company are more displeased because they have already lodged an FIR against four people — 9to9 Supermarket directors Vandana Singh and Meena Singh, purchase manager Rajesh Kumar and manager of the outlet Bharti Chandra — they suspect are involved in the racket. The complaint was lodged on September 28.

On that day, a consignment of fake Olay products was recovered from the supermarket at Bandar Bagicha under Kotwali police station. Chandra was taken into custody for investigation. He was, however, let off the same day after he signed a bond, stating that he had no idea that the products were counterfeit.

Mustafa Kamal, a senior representative of Procter and Gamble, said: “Four months ago, we had collected samples of Olay products from two places — the supermarket at Bandar Bagicha and another shop in Kadamkuan. The samples were sent to an international testing laboratory in Singapore. The results of the test revealed that they were fakes. We informed the police and they raided the two outlets. A lot of fake Olay products were recovered. The owner of the shop in Kadamkuan has been arrested. But the police are still to act on an FIR lodged against the executives of 9to9 Supermarket.”

He added: “We suspect that the products could have been manufactured locally. The outlet (at 9to9 Supermarket) had purchased only 96 units of a skin cream. Their sales records, however, show that they sold more than 350 units. The excess units were all fakes. According to the results of the tests we conducted, these are very harmful and can cause skin rashes and other infections. We do not have the right to raid or conduct investigations. It is the duty of the police to find out the truth.”

The cops were, however, tight-lipped about their course of action.

Patna city central superintendent of police Shivdeep Lande told The Telegraph that a supervision of the FIR would be conducted as soon as possible.

He added: “A supervision of an FIR is conducted to ascertain if an FIR is authentic. It is conducted by a DSP-rank of senior officer. It will be done as soon as possible. We are investigating the matter and arrests will soon be made.”

Another police officer added that distributors of Olay products would be questioned as well. “We will try to find out how many genuine products were brought into the market.”