Ghee Adulteration Racket Busted in Bengaluru

A ghee adulteration racket on Wednesday was busted with the arrest of four persons in Bengaluru, police said.

Additional commissioner of police (Bengaluru East) Seemanth Kumar Singh said Aiyappa Swamy from KP Agrahara in the city was the kingpin of the gang that started the business of spurious ghee production and sale of 'Nandini' ghee, a popular brand of the Karnataka Milk Federation.

He said a complaint was received from the KMF that spurious ghee was being sold in the market in the name of their popular brand.

"Since public health and the popularity of Nandini brand were at stake, we investigated and busted the racket," Singh said.