Hyderabad, Feb. 25 -- The Commissioner's Task Force of Jubilee Hills Zone on Wednesday busted a tea powder adulteration racket in Hyderabad, apprehending a 33-year-old businessman for allegedly mixing synthetic colours and cocopeat with low-quality tea dust to make illegal profits, police said on Wednesday.

Acting on credible information, sleuths of the Commissioner's Task Force, West Zone Team, along with Sanath Nagar Police, conducted a raid at premises within the limits of Sanath Nagar and arrested the accused, identified as Jagannath Bishnoi, son of Gandhi Bishnoi, who is engaged in the tea business.

According to the police, during the inquiry, the accused disclosed that he had been adulterating tea powder for financial gain.

He re...