Tribune News Service
Faridabad, May 28
Claiming to have unearthed a factory involved in manufacturing and packing of spurious ghee of well-known brands, the police have arrested five persons. Around 1,054 litres of ghee has been recovered from the factory.
A police spokesperson said a raid was carried out by a team of police and food safety officials at the factory located in Anangpur village, falling in the jurisdiction of the Surajkund police station. The police arrested five accused, identified as Rohit, Mahavir, Nikhil, Sandeep and Atul, from the spot.
The spokesperson said the raid was conducted after reports that some persons were involved in making spurious ghee in a basement of a house in the village. They had been supplying it in the market under various brands, he said.
Used fake wrappers of popular brands
Accused made spurious ghee in the basement of a house
They supplied it in the market under various brands, such as Amul, Mother Dairy, Patanjali, Milkfood, and Krishna
The accused failed to produce any valid document or authority letter for the production of ghee
When the team reached the spot this morning, it caught the accused red-handed manufacturing and packing the ghee in tins and cartons, carrying names of well-known brands such as Amul, Mother Dairy, Patanjali, Milkfood, Everydairy and Krishna. He said the accused failed to produce any valid document or authority letter for production of ghee.
The spokesperson said the team recovered 350 empty tins, a label printing machine, five type of dyes, 50 wrappers, five gas cylinders and two gas stoves from the premises.
Sources said one Lalit, who claimed to be the owner of the factory, was absconding. He had taken the premises on rent, telling the landlord that he was working as a franchisee of various ghee manufacturers or brands. The owner used to procure the raw material from Delhi, sources added. After registering a case, the police have launched a probe into the racket.
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