Lenovo K3 Note - Rooted When Purchased

I have owned many Lenovo products which I have been very happy with, being satisfied with all their products I decided to purchase a K3 Note mobile phone. I was disappointed to find it was hacked when I purchased it and when I questioned the seller, he said it was because Lenovo don't have Google Play installed by default, so they had to hack it to have it installed, otherwise we would not be able to install any apps, etc. In addition I have spent hours trying to find a genuine Lenovo firmware that I can use to have a nice and clean installation, but found nothing on Lenovo sites, so I have some questions hoping someone from Lenovo can answer please:
1) If this is a Lenovo Product and is being sold in Western countries, where is the (English) firmware and where do I get updates? btw the firmware currently installed does not allow for SW updates, no idea why.
2) Why did Lenovo exclude Google play in the initial release of the firmware?
3) Is this phone really a Lenovo product? the hardware is great but the software is very questionable I think.
I look forward to your responses.
Kind Regards
Admin note; subjects edited to better reflect content

Was the phone officially launched in your country?
If no, then the shopkeeper must have imported the model from china and as i have heard, android phones do not have play store or any other google app...and hence phone has to be hacked/rooted to make the apps available. Therefore, no official english firmware and further updates.
I dont much about custom roms and all, but, you can ask someone for indian firmware as its official...although i am not sure about any updates thereafter too. ( Do so at your own risk, as like I said, I dont know much about installing roms.)
And if it was officially launched, then I dont know why you got a hacked version.
Hope it helped

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