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The ED arrested Kailash Chand Mangla, promoter of Sukriti Foods, in the ghee adulteration case.
The agency alleged the ghee used for Tirupati Laddu prasadam was made with refined palm oil, palmolein, and chemicals.
The ED said the supplies were passed off as cow ghee for Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams.
It claimed the fraudulent supplies between 2019 and 2024 were worth Rs. 230 crore.
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The agency said Mangla accounted for Rs. 96 crore of the adulterated product.
He was remanded to judicial custody by a special court in Visakhapatnam.