Citing the CBI-led Particular Investigation Workforce's (SIT) findings, TOI reported that Bhole Baba Natural Dairy, operated by promoters Pomil Jain and Vipin Jain in Bhagawanpur, Uttarakhand, had been contracted by TTD to provide ghee used within the making of the sacred laddu prasadam.
Nevertheless, investigators discovered that the unit was a faux desi ghee manufacturing setup, with solid data of milk procurement and funds.
The CBI SIT, which made these revelations in its remand report submitted to a Nellore courtroom, mentioned the investigation intensified following the arrest of Ajay Kumar Sugandh, who allegedly provided industrial chemical compounds, together with monodiglycerides and acetic acid ester, to Bhole Baba Natural Dairy.
Regardless of being disqualified and blacklisted by TTD in 2022, Bhole Baba's promoters allegedly continued to provide adulterated ghee by bidding by means of different dairies, together with Tirupati-based Vyshnavi Dairy, Uttar Pradesh-based Mal Ganga Dairy, and Tamil Nadu-based AR Dairy Meals, the SIT report famous, as cited by TOI.
The investigation additionally discovered that 4 containers of ghee shares adulterated with animal fats, which had been rejected by TTD in July 2024, have been resupplied to the temple belief by the identical promoters by means of Vyshnavi Dairy. Throughout a joint inspection by the Meals Security and Requirements Authority of India (FSSAI) officers and the SIT on the AR Dairy plant in Dindigul, it was found that the 4 ghee tankers by no means returned to the AR plant. As an alternative, they have been diverted to an area stone-crushing unit close to Vyshnavi Dairy, the report said.In line with TOI, the SIT additional revealed that in August 2024, Vyshnavi Dairy, nonetheless empanelled with TTD underneath the Andhra Pradesh circle, rebranded and relabeled the identical tankers, refined the feel and consistency of the artificial ghee, and provided it again to the temple belief.
The TOI report added that this identical batch of ghee was subsequently used within the preparation of the Tirupati Laddu prasadams, that are distributed to lakhs of devotees on the world-famous temple.
