Overview
- Shivakumar and his wife Ramya were arrested in Mysuru as the suspected masterminds and were remanded to 10 days’ custody, according to police.
- Investigators located an industrial setup in Tamil Nadu where adulterated ghee was produced and packed in counterfeit Nandini sachets and bottles.
- About ₹60 lakh in accounts linked to the couple has been frozen, and seized samples will undergo forensic analysis to identify the adulterants.
- Earlier CCB raids in Bengaluru seized 8,136 litres of adulterated product, four goods vehicles and cash valued in total at roughly ₹1.27 crore, leading to four arrests tied to Krishna Enterprises.
- Police say some Bengaluru distributors held official KMF licences that enabled sales through parlours and retail outlets, and the probe now tracks a wider supply chain across multiple districts.