Mangaluru: A team of officials of 'Gessi Italia'-one of the largest bathroom designer manufactures from Italy visited 'Atelier' showroom, located at Valencia, recently.

The officials Diego Romano, Marco Meli, and Abhinav Kandalval; who visited the 'Atelier,' are working as the director of 'Gessi Italia' in Italy, Singapore and India respectively.

Directors of Atelier Designs said that 'Gessi' has been designing and manufacturing exclusive bathroom and kitchen fittings and furnishings for over 20 years. The Gessi brand is acknowledged worldwide for its fashionable bathroom designs in all types of living environments, including hotels, spas, yachts, and private residences. 'Atelier' is one of the dealers of 'Gessi Italia' and those who visited expressed their pleasure over the wide range of collection available at 'Atelier.'

"'Atelier' is situated in the heart of the city, in the neighborhood of Valencia. It has a show space of more than 23,000 sq ft and a warehouse of 50,000 sq ft. It consists of luxurious brands from diverse continents, slotted perfectly and displayed for the convenience of architects and designers. Some of the major brands like Kuche, Porcelanosa, Marmorin, Valdama, Gres de argon, Nexion, Jacuzzi, Tejas bojas, Alape, STP are exclusively available here," they added.

'Atelier' Directors Aboobacker, Basheer, Masood, Mujeeb Thalangara and Ashfaq were present.

For more detail, contact: Atelier Designs, Fr. Muller Road, Valencia, Mangalore, India - 575 002.

Contact:0824-241 85 77/ 78/ 79, +91 959 189 0009

Email:info@atelierdz.com

Web:http://www.atelierdz.com

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New Delhi (PTI): Police here have busted a crime syndicate involved in traffic fraud and extortion, arresting three people including the alleged mastermind who sold fake stickers to help commercial vehicles bypass no-entry restrictions, an official said on Saturday.

The police said they dismantled a third organised syndicate linked to traffic-related frauds, with the arrest of Rinku Rana alias Bhushan, his associate Sonu Sharma and Mukesh Kumar alias Pakodi, who was also connected to another extortion syndicate.

According to the police, Rinku Rana was running a well-organised network that facilitated the movement of commercial goods vehicles during restricted hours by selling fake 'marka' or stickers for Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 per vehicle every month. The stickers were falsely projected as authorisation to evade traffic challans.

During raids, the police recovered Rs 31 lakh in cash, property documents worth several crores of rupees, over 500 fake stickers and six mobile phones allegedly used to operate the syndicate.

The crackdown followed a complaint filed by a traffic police officer in April this year after a commercial vehicle tried to evade checking by producing a fake sticker claiming exemption from enforcement action.

Investigation revealed that social media groups were being used to coordinate the illegal movement of vehicles and alert drivers about traffic police checkpoints, police said.

"A parallel system was being run to cheat drivers and vehicle owners while undermining traffic enforcement. On the basis of evidence, provisions related to organised crime under the BNS were invoked," a senior police officer said.

Sonu Sharma, the police said, managed social media groups through which stickers were sold and real-time alerts were circulated regarding traffic police movement. He also acted as a link between Rana and drivers operating in the field.

In a related development, Mukesh Kumar alias Pakodi, an associate of Rajkumar alias Raju Meena, who was earlier arrested under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), was also apprehended.

Mukesh allegedly helped extort money from transporters and was involved in blackmailing traffic police personnel by recording enforcement actions, the police said.

Investigators alleged the syndicate led by Rajkumar deployed drivers to deliberately violate traffic rules and secretly record police officials during challans, later using manipulated videos to extort money under threat of false allegations.

The police said that in total, eight accused belonging to three different organised crime syndicates linked to traffic frauds and extortion have been arrested so far.

Further investigation is underway to trace the remaining members, conduct financial probes, and analyse digital evidence recovered during the raids, officials added.