Ahead of festivals, 7,600 litres of adulterated ‘ghee’, 900 litres of oil seized in Delhi; 1 arrested 

Swami said a team of the Anti-Auto Theft Squad (AATS), led by Inspector Pramod Kumar, Sub-Inspector Rohit, Assistant Sub-Inspector Narender, and head constables Jaideep and Naveen Hooda, received a tip-off regarding the adulteration of dairy products. The Food Safety Department officials were roped in, and the activities were checked at the Sai Factory located at C-51, Sector-2, Bawana Industrial Area. 

“When it was confirmed that the manufacturing adulterated ghee, a raid was conducted and 7,600 litres of ‘Avtar Deshi Ghee’ and 900 litres of vanaspati and groundnut oil used in the adulteration process were seized. A case under section 318(4)/274/275 BNS was registered at Bawana police station, and all the items were seized,” Swami said. 

Additionally, the police team also seized a stove, a cylinder, packaging materials, essence, colouring agents, a weighing and sealing machine, and two mixing machines. 

The factory is registered in the name of Madhav Gupta, 26, a resident of Defence Colony, Delhi. Though Gupta was not present during the raid, the on-site supervisor, Brijesh, confessed that the ghee was being adulterated under the owner’s instructions. 

The police said Brijesh has been arrested, and efforts are underway to arrest the absconding factory owner and trace the distribution network.