TTD ghee scam: ED conducts multi-city search

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday conducted searches at 15 locations in Ahilyanagar, Bikaner, Dehradun, Delhi, Dindigul, Guntur, Mumbai and Roorkee in connection with the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) ghee adulteration case.

According to an official report, the ED Hyderabad zonal office conducted 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 And Ashash Kumar Rohir.

A cash amount of ₹ 60 crore was seized during the searches. The searches also led to the unearthing of proceeds of crime (PoC) investments in properties worth over ₹45 crore, along with details of several properties held in the names of the accused persons and their family members.

The surveys also covered the dairy plants of AR Dairy Food Pvt. Ltd., Dindigul; Malganga Milk & Agro Products Pvt. Ltd., Ahilyanagar; and Bhole Baba Organic Dairy Milk Pvt. Ltd., Roorkee.

Various incriminating documents were secured which indicated the use of a complex web of legal entities to facilitate sham sales and purchase transactions to conceal and layer the proceeds of crime.

The ED has initiated an investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 based on an FIR registered against M/s AR Dairy Food Pvt. Ltd. and others. The accused persons are alleged to have committed the offense of breach of trust, cheating and causing undue loss to TTD by supplying adulterated ghee in conspiracy with some officials of TTD.

Investigations to date have revealed that the proceeds of crime from the alleged supply of adulterated ghee to TTD were subsequently invested in real estate through a complex web of interconnected legal entities and businesses to conceal the illicit origin of the funds.

Further investigation is underway, the ED said.

Published – 03 Jun 2026 21:37 IST