The Special Investigation Team probing the adulteration of the Tirupati Laddu has revealed that Uttarakhand-based Bhole Baba Organic Dairy had supplied Rs 250 crore worth of spurious ghee to make the sacred prasadam between 2019 and 2024.

The arrest of Ajay Kumar Sugandh last week revealed that he had supplied chemicals such as monoglycerides and acetic acid esters to produce 68 lakh kg of ghee using palm oil without procuring even a drop of milk. Although the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam had blacklisted Bhole Baba Dairy in 2022 following complaints of adulteration, it continued to supply the spurious ghee through various front companies.

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The latest revelations about the extent of adulteration in ghee in Tirupati laddus came in the remand report submitted by the SIT befor

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