Chiefs Of 3 Dairies Arrested In Connection With Tirupati Laddoo Case

4 males, who head three dairies in three states, have been arrested in reference to the Tirupati laddoo adulteration case that had shocked the nation final 12 months. The investigation by a particular group arrange the Supreme Courtroom after an enormous controversy, has uncovered the main points of the deliberate contamination.

These arrested embody Bipin Jain and Pomil Jain, former administrators of Bhole Baba Dairy (Roorkee, Uttarakhand), Vaishnavi Dairy (Poonambakkam, Tamil Nadu) CEO Apoorva Vinay Kant Chawda, and AR Dairy (Dundigal, Telangana) MD Raju Rajasekharan.

The investigation revealed critical violations throughout ghee provide, with irregularities at each step.

For the availability of ghee, representatives of Vaishnavi Dairy secured tenders within the identify of AR Dairy, stated sources within the Central Bureau of Investigation. They fabricated false paperwork and seals, utilizing the identify of AR Dairy to govern the tender course of.

Workers of Vaishnavi Dairy additionally created pretend information claiming they’ve sourced ghee from Bhole Baba Dairy in Roorkee. The investigators discovered that Bhole Baba Dairy didn’t have the capability to produce such portions of ghee.

The group recognized the irregularities and arrested 4 people from three dairies.

Allegations that ghee adulterated with animal fats are being use to make the laddoos for prasadam on the Tirupati exploded throughout headlines final 12 months, sparking an enormous row that speedily turned political. 

The Andhra authorities had red-flagged a report from a lab in Gujarat that stated samples of the the ghee purchased from a provider in Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul contained traces of fish oil, beef tallow, and lard. The lab additionally added a disclaimer about “false positives”. 

The Supreme Courtroom slammed the combo of faith and politics and ordered a particular group be fashioned to analyze the animal fats allegations.

The particular group comprised two CBI officers, two Andhra Pradesh Police personnel, and a senior official from the centre-run Meals Security and Requirements Authority.

The kitchen at Tirupati makes round three lakh laddoos day by day, with round 1,500 kg of ghee and huge quantities of cashew nuts, raisins, cardamoms, gram flour, and sugar used.