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Mumbai police bust milk adulteration racket, arrest four
The Mumbai crime branch has arrested four men for adulterating milk and selling it in counterfeit packets of brands such as Amul and Gokul. Acting on a tip-off, police raided a factory…
The Story in Brief
The Mumbai crime branch has arrested four men for adulterating milk and selling it in counterfeit packets of brands such as Amul and Gokul. Acting on a tip-off, police raided a factory in Vasai, Palghar, and a separate premises in Dahisar East on July 9. They found packets being cut open, diluted with dirty water, and resealed. Seizures include 470 litres of milk worth Rs 29,750, 13,000 fake Amul bags, machinery worth Rs 10 lakh, and four mobile phones valued at Rs 10.79 lakh.
The main accused, who was arrested in Telangana, allegedly supplied counterfeit packaging to milk adulterators in Mumbai and its suburbs since 2021. The four arrested are Lingya Ganta (42), Saidul Jingli (33), Yadya Batulla (46) and Ramul Bodopalli (65), the Times of India reports. A case has been registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Food Safety and Standards Act.
The Indian Opinion
This racket sounds typical of how food adulteration often stays hidden until a tip-off exposes it. The accused had been supplying counterfeit milk bags since 2021, that is three years of undetected fraud. The claim that dirty water was mixed into reputed brand packets undercuts any trust in packaged milk. What is missing is how the adulterated milk reached consumers and whether the FSSAI or the brands themselves will now tighten supply-chain checks. A single question remains: how many litres of this fake milk actually got drunk?
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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