Delhi: Fake ghee making factory busted in Dwarka, labels of brands like Patanjali, Mother Dairy and Amul restored

Teams of the Investigation and Vigilance Units of Dwarka police district conducted a raid in Dichaun Kalan on November 19, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) M Harsha Vardhan said.

New Delhi: Delhi Police has busted a factory in Dwarka that was manufacturing fake ghee and selling these containers with labels of brands like Patanjali, Mother Dairy and Amul. During the raid, “we found several items for making fake ghee, and there were two people who failed to produce proper documents to run a factory,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) M. Harsha Vardhan.

Teams of the Investigation and Vigilance Units of Dwarka police district conducted a raid in Dichaun Kalan on November 19, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) M Harsha Vardhan said.

The official said that during investigation, police found that the factory owner’s name was Sumit. He has been arrested under the provisions of the Copy Rights Act, Vardhan said, adding that a search is on to nab him.

Police said they recovered stickers of Patanjali, Mother Dairy, Amul and Naksha Dairy Products from the factory. “We have recovered 4,900 wrappers or stickers of different brands, 120 labeled boxes of Mother Dairy, ghee packaging containers, gas burners, vanaspati oil and several other products for making fake ghee,” Vardhan told PTI.

Earlier this month, a 53-year-old man was arrested after a counterfeit ghee manufacturing unit was busted in Odisha’s Ganjam district. The person arrested for allegedly being involved in running it, Epari Rajeswar Patra, was also arrested last year for illegally operating a gutkha manufacturing unit. He was out on bail, police said.

Among the items seized were more than 10,000 empty sachets, three automatic ghee packaging machines, labels of a ghee brand company, 91 cans of rice bran oil, 1,500 cartons and a sealing and grinding machine, police said.

It was found that burnt motor oil, low grade palm oil and hazardous chemicals were used in making ghee, said Superintendent of Police Saravana Vivek M.

The packets of ghee were sold not only in Odisha but also in other parts of the country.