Overview
- The CBI-led SIT reports that Bhole Baba Organic Dairy and associated units delivered about 68 lakh kg of adulterated ghee to TTD between 2019 and 2024.
- The remand report says the supplier procured no milk or butter, fabricated procurement records, and manufactured synthetic ghee using palm oils, hydrogenated fats, beta-carotene and "ghee essence."
- Investigators allege the use of acetic-acid esters and monodiglycerides to inflate the Reichert-Meissl value, with about ₹7 crore of acetic-acid ester purchases traced to 2022–2024.
- Despite being blacklisted in 2022, supplies allegedly continued through proxy dairies including Vyshnavi Dairy, Mal Ganga Dairy and AR Dairy Foods using falsified documentation.
- A recent filing describes rejected stock allegedly re-routed and relabeled via Vyshnavi Dairy in 2024 before being used for laddu preparation, as the probe advances with Ajay Kumar Sugandh under arrest.