10-Feb-2025 03:58 PM
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Chennai, Feb 10 (Reporter) Four people were arrested by the CBI in connection
with the Tirupati -Tirumala temple laddu adulteration row.
They were arrested late on Sunday night and were produced before a court
in Tirupati and remanded in judicial custody, according to reports.
Those arrested were Vipin Jain and Pomil Jain, former Directors of Bhole
Baba Dairy, Apoorva Chawda from Vaishnavi Dairy and Raju Rajasekharan
from AR Dairy located at Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu which supplied ghee
to the Tirumala temple for making laddus.
The arrests followed after a controversy arose over presence of animal fats
in the laddus following which the Supreme Court constituted a five-member
Special Investigation Team (SIT) in November last year to probe the issue.
The controversy was raised by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu
Naidu who had alleged use of animal fat in preparing Tirupati laddus during the
previous YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government in the state, triggering a major
political row.
It may be noted for years, laddus were offered as prasadams at the Tirumala
temple, the abode of Lord Venkateswara, which used to attract lakhs and lakhs
of devotees from across the world...////...