India, March 8 -- The crime branch unit 6 of the Pune city police along with food and drugs department officials raided an illegal paneer manufacturing unit in Manjri Khurd and seized 1,400 kg of adulterated paneer worth Rs.11,56,690.

Police amaldar Sachin Pawar and Ramesh Memane, on Friday, got information about large-scale production and distribution of substandard dairy products being operated from Manik Nagar.

A raid was conducted by police inspector Wahid Pathan and other officials.

During the raid, authorities discovered unhygienic production conditions, with the use of harmful chemicals and synthetic ingredients to manufacture paneer. The seized adulterated paneer was meant to be supplied to local markets, posing a severe health...