TTD ghee scam: ED conducts multi-city searches
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at 15 locations across multiple cities in connection with the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) ghee adulteration case. Cash amounting to ₹60 lakh was seized, along with details of properties valued over ₹45 crore linked to the accused. The investigation is ongoing under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, following allegations of criminal breach of trust and cheating involving TTD officials.
- ▪The ED's searches spanned cities including Ahilyanagar, Bikaner, and Mumbai.
- ▪Seized cash and property details indicate a complex network used to conceal illicit funds.
- ▪The investigation was initiated based on an FIR against A.R. Dairy Food Pvt. Ltd. and others.
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday conducted searches at 15 locations across Ahilyanagar, Bikaner, Dehradun, Delhi, Dindigul, Guntur, Mumbai, and Roorkee in connection with the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) ghee adulteration case.According to an official release, the ED’s Hyderabad Zonal Office carried out searches at the residential and office premises of Pomil Jain, Vipin Jain, Raju Rajasekaran, Rajesh Mansukhlal Chavda, Apurva Vinaykanth Chavda, Machindra Shantaram Lanke, Ajay Kumar Sugandh, Mahesh Kumar Rohira, and Ashish Agarwal.During the searches, cash amounting to ₹60 lakh was seized.
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