ghaziabad the vijaynagar police have busted a large racket in which partially treated tap water was sold as mineral water packed in labelled bottles and pouches the water was for the last six months being sold in both ghaziabad and delhi under various brand namesthe racket was being run from one ops sharmas house in vakil colony right opposite the vijaynagar police station sharma is a clerical employee of the railwaysthe police raided sharmas house late on friday evening following a tipoff sharma and four others including an engineer named k robinson were arrested they have been booked for cheating under the copyright act and the prevention of food adulteration actanil samania in charge of the police station said a reverse osmosis plant had been installed in house number r96 and three tanks of a capacity of 1000 litres each had also been set up for producing spurious mineral water the plant was installed and operated by robinsonthe police also recovered tens of thousands of empty and filled pouches and bottles caps sealing material and packaging material sharma was selling his product under the brand names ganga amrit and fraster pure drinking water but he had neither sought nor obtained any certification from the bureau of india standards samania said it is illegal to sell this product without an isi marka mahindra jeep which was used to transport the spurious product was also seized by the police