Spurious ghee racket busted, 2 held

Faridabad: A team of the CM’s flying squad on Sunday busted a spurious ghee racket in Sector 3 here.

Two persons — Ravi and Rajesh — were booked under Sections 272, 273, 420 and 120-B of the IPC.

According to officials, the accused had been packing spurious ghee in the packets of some well-known brands such as Amul, Mother Dairy and Milkfood illegallyand had been supplying these to market for the past several months.

Around 45 kg ghee, containers, cartons and wrappers of various brands were seized during the raid. A police officer said the spot was raided after they received a tip-off. The racket of preparing or packing the ghee was carried out from a room located on the rooftop of their shop-cum-residence, it is claimed.

”The accused could not produce the documents or licence of the work they were engaged in, proving that it was spurious ghee that was being sold under established brands in the market,” said Devender Yadav, DSP, CM flying squad. — TNS