India, Nov. 26 -- A couple identified as the main culprits have been arrested for manufacture and sale of ghee by illegally using the prominent brand name 'Nandini' of Karnataka, reports said on Wednesday, November 26, in Bengaluru.

The arrests of Ramya and her husband Shivakumar came after their manufacturing unit was raided by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) police, during which officials found large, high-tech machinery used to produce counterfeit ghee in Tamil Nadu.

The brand Nandini is owned by the Karnataka Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation (KMF), and is trusted across southern India.

The couple had allegedly been using advanced industrial equipment to manufacture fake 'Nandini' products on a large scale, officials said, as ...