Andhra Pradesh, Nov. 11 -- The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) laddu ghee adulteration case arrested Delhi-based chemical trader Ajay Kumar Sugandha, named A-16 in the case. He was accused of supplying chemicals used for preparing adulterated ghee linked to the Bholebaba Dairy network. The SIT report shows that Uttarakhand-based Bholebaba Diary never produced milk and managed to get supply of 68 lakh kilograms ghee to the Tirupati temple to make laddu.

According to the remand report, adulterated ghee supplied to TTD was made by mixing palm oil, palm kernel oil and palmolein, along with chemicals like beta-carotene, acetic acid ester and artificial ghee flavour to pass lab checks and mimic...