India, Oct. 3 -- Delhi Police has arrested six men, busting a racket of selling adulterated ghee, 1,600 kg of which was seized from three illegal manufacturing units operating in northeast Delhi.
The raid to curb spurious ghee containing harmful chemicals comes amid the festive season, with Diwali later in the month.
According to police, six men identified as Safiq (30), Yusuf Malik (50), his son Mehboob (22), Shakir and Sharukh and Zamaluddin (40) were arrested in the crackdown carried out in Shiv Vihar, Karawal Nagar and Mustafabad. As per the Food Safety and Standards Authority
of India (FSSAI), consumption of the adulterated ghee can also cause cancer.
Acting on specific intelligence inputs about large-scale adulteration to exploit ...