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CBI SIT Exposes 5-Year Fake Ghee Supply to Tirupati, Delhi Chemical Trader Held

Investigators describe chemical tweaks that mimicked purity tests, masking proxy routing despite a 2022 blacklist.

A wide shot of the main entrance (Maha Dwaram) to the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati, India. The tall, multi-tiered white and silver gopuram stands prominently against the sky. A central mandapam (pavilion) with a large 'U' shaped emblem is visible just below the gopuram. A large, open courtyard or plaza is filled with devotees. Green hills covered in foliage rise behind the complex.
The dairy promoters forged milk procurement and payment records to fake their credibility.
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Overview

  • Bhole Baba Organic Dairy allegedly supplied about 68 lakh kg of adulterated ghee worth roughly ₹250 crore to TTD from 2019 to 2024 without procuring milk or butter.
  • The remand report says the product was made with palm and palm‑kernel oils and hydrogenated fats, using beta‑carotene and ghee essence for appearance while acetic‑acid esters and monoglycerides were used to game RM values.
  • Delhi trader Ajay Kumar Sugandh, accused of supplying the key chemicals, was arrested and produced before the Nellore ACB court, which remanded him to judicial custody until November 21.
  • Despite being blacklisted in 2022, Bhole Baba allegedly continued deliveries by routing bids and supplies through Vyshnavi Dairy in Andhra Pradesh, Mal Ganga in Uttar Pradesh, and AR Dairy Foods in Tamil Nadu.
  • Probe findings state four ghee tankers rejected in 2024 for animal‑fat adulteration were diverted to Vyshnavi, relabelled, and supplied back to TTD.