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A number of shopkeepers were found selling electrical cables with the fake BIS licence number and fake BIS standard mark. Finds shopkeepers selling electrical cables with fake BIS licence numbersTribune News ServiceJalandhar, September 14After receiving complaints about substandard electrical material, including cables and switches etc, being sold in the city market with fake ISI marks or fake Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) licence number, a team of BIS officials from Chandigarh conducted a raid at the Phagwara Gate electrical market today. The shopkeepers were advised and warned not to sell electrical items without genuine ISI mark and valid BIS licence number. The customers should purchase only ISI marked cables and they can check the authenticity of the manufacturer and the BIS licence number through the BIS website www.bis.org.in while purchasing any cable from the market.” On inquiring about the material being sold by them, shop owners showed ignorance about the ISI mark without manufacturers’ addresses..