BENGALURU : The city crime branch on Tuesday said that it had seized around 12,000 fake N95 masks, made by anti-social elements looking to profiteer out of the novel coronavirus crisis that has gripped the entire world. “CCB conducts raid(s) & seize(d) 12 thousand fake N95 masks..accused makes masks with normal cloth and puts fake N95 seal and sells it at high price as N95 masks..Will weed out such anti socials who try to prey in this hour of crisis," Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police (crime) said in Tweet.
The N95 reusable masks sell anywhere between ₹200- ₹1000 on popular online platforms. The demand for these products has gone up exponentially in recent weeks after restrictions came into place to contain the spread of the