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Delhi Police Bust Illegal Ghee Factory in Bawana as Indore FDA Seizes More in Parallel Crackdown

Samples go to the Bhopal state lab for confirmation, with investigators probing composition, supply chains and counterfeit branding.

Overview

  • Delhi Crime Branch arrested two men, Satender and Parveen, after seizing over 3,700 litres of spurious ghee and raw material from a Bawana industrial unit.
  • Officers recovered about 2,500 litres of packed product and roughly 1,200 litres in raw form, along with mixing vessels, heating units, sealing machines and counterfeit labels.
  • Police say the Bawana operation used refined oils and non-dairy substances to imitate popular brands, with the unit believed to have run for nearly a year.
  • In Indore, food safety officials sealed a unit linked to Prabhushree Traders and seized around 600 litres of ghee and oil plus wrappers for brands including Sanchi, Amul, Nova and Malwa.
  • A case in Delhi was registered under multiple Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections, and six samples from the Indore raid were sent to the State Food Testing Laboratory in Bhopal for analysis.