India, Nov. 10 -- A dairy firm based in Uttarakhand managed to supply 68 lakh kg of fake ghee worth Rs.250 crore to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) between 2019 and 2024, the CBI probe into the laddu ghee adulteration has revealed. The TTD runs the Tirupati Temple in Andhra Pradesh.

The special investigation team (SIT) led by the CBI gathered these details after the arrest of one of the accused, Ajay Kumar Sugandh, Times of India reported. The SIT stated these findings in a remand report submitted before the Nellore court.

Sugandh had supplied chemicals including monodiglycerides and acetic acid ester to the Bhole Baba Organic dairy, which supplied ghee used in preparation of laddu prasadam to the TTD.

The CBI has said that th...