Shops raided in central market for selling fake Kashmiri artefacts

The government today raided shops at Central Market for allegedly selling counterfeit Kashmiri handicrafts despite having been given shops at a meagre rent of Rs 15 per month at the business hub of Srinagar. “We raided a few shops at Kashmir Haat adjacent to Masjid Bilal on Wednesday over the complaints of sale of counterfeit artefacts,” Deputy Director (Quality Control) of the Handicrafts Department Sumaira Shamim told Kashmir POST. Sumaira said that the inspection team would file a report about the quality of the samples of artefacts picked up from…

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