Tirupati Laddoo Row: Report Cites How Blacklisted Dairies Sealed Ghee Deal

New Delhi:

The four men arrested in the Tirupati laddoo row – on charges the ghee they supplied had animal fats – “hatched a conspiracy” to sell from companies blacklisted for supplying adulterated products, the police have said in a remand report that has been accessed by NDTV.

In the 14-page report, Tirupati Police said the investigation so far suggests these four men conspired to set up proxy companies and provided false documents, including those testifying about food safety standards and even the actual production process, to illegally win tenders.

The four men are Pomil Jai and Vipin Jain, Directors of Bhole Baba Dairy and Vyshnavi Dairy; Apurva Chavda, CEO of Vyshnavi Dairy; and R Rajasekaran, Managing Director of AR Dairy. All four have been arrested by the special CBI team conducting this investigation.