The accused used to buy refined, vegetable ghee and palm oil from the market at cheap prices. Fake desi ghee was prepared by mixing a little real ghee with essence. The factory manager said that the expired goods of the companies were purchased in the name of making ghee for puja. The cost of fake desi ghee used to be Rs 170 per kg.
By Prashant Pandey
Published Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2025 02:51:01 PM (IST)
Updated Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2025 03:03:24 PM (IST)
HighLights
- Police raided the factory making fake ghee.
- Gwalior businessman turned out to be the mastermind of fake ghee.
- Big game of supplying fake ghee exposed.
Naiduniya Representative, Gwalior (Fake Ghee). A big business of making fake ghee has been caught in Agra, in which the mastermind has turned out to be a businessman from Gwalior. In Tajganj area of ​​Agra, fake ghee of 18 brands ranging from Amul to Patanjali was being packed and supplied to many states of the country.
Gwalior registered firms named Pure It and Real Gold have been found in Agra. Agra district police have registered an FIR and arrested five people including the manager, but the operators are Neeraj Aggarwal, Pankaj Aggarwal and Brijesh Aggarwal of Mainawali street of Gwalior along with other people from Gwalior.
ran away from home
In search of them, the police from Agra also raided Gwalior but they were found absconding from their homes. According to the Food and Drug Administration, Gwalior, Ramnath Aggarwal and his family members were earlier involved in the business of fake ghee and Rasuka was also involved.
He had left Gwalior since 2010. Let us tell you that on Thursday, Tajganj police raided a fake desi ghee factory in Agra and arrested five people including manager Rajesh Bhardwaj. Fake ghee of many brands like Amul, Patanjali, Pure It, Krishna was made in the factory.
Shocking information came to light
Pankaj Agarwal, Neeraj Agarwal, Brijesh Agarwal, residents of Dal Bazaar Gwalior, were running the factory. When the police inquired about the purchase and supply market, shocking information came to light.
used to sell at fast food shops
According to the police, investigation of the packets revealed that fake desi ghee was sold directly in the fast food markets of more than two dozen cities of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Assam and Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Dosa, Bhalla, Samosas and omelettes were also made from this ghee.
144 kg expired vegetable recovered
The accused used to connect small shopkeepers directly through their network. These goods were delivered after receiving the order. Agra DCP City Suraj Kumar Rai said that the team is conducting raids in Gwalior to arrest the absconding factory owners named in the case. Police had recovered 144 kg of expired vegetable from the factory during the raid.
Neeraj and Brijesh used to run business through WhatsApp
Neeraj Aggarwal and Brajesh Aggarwal sitting in Gwalior were running their entire business through WhatsApp. If he is caught, detailed information about the supply chain will be available during interrogation. Till now, the police have arrested factory manager Rajesh Bhardwaj, employees Shivcharan, Bhaskar Gautam, Ravi Manjhi, resident of Madhoganj, Gwalior, Dharmendra Singh, resident of Sagar, and sent them to jail.
