Bengaluru, Nov. 27 -- A couple from Mysuru suspected of allegedly being at the centre of a large-scale counterfeit Nandhini ghee racket that produced and distributed fake batches of the ghee across the state were arrested on Wednesday, officers with the central crime branch (CCB) said.

The accused, identified as Shivakumar (45) and his wife, Ramya (40), were arrested as part of a larger operation that witnessed its last major development when CCB officers raided a storage facility in Chamarajpet on November 14 and seized 8,136 litres of counterfeit ghee, said officers, adding that four arrests were made at the time, which included the accused distributor, Mahendra, his son, Deepak, and another accused named Muniraju.

Officers added that...