New Delhi. Are the spices used in your home fake? Are fake spices playing with your health? In fact, the Crime Branch of Delhi Police has busted a gang involved in manufacturing fake spices and supplying them in the markets of Delhi, due to which these questions are being raised.
These adulterated spices were being made in two factories in Karawal Nagar area of Delhi. Police have recovered a total of 15 tonnes of adulterated spices and raw materials from these factories. These fake spices were being made with the help of non-food ingredients, banned items, chemicals and acids.
In this raid, the police have recovered 7105 kg of prepared fake spices from the factory, which includes 3300 kg of turmeric powder, 115 kg of garam masala, 1450 kg of mango powder and 2240 kg of coriander powder. Not only this, the raw material includes 1050 kg rotten rice, 200 kg rotten millet, 6 kg rotten coconut, 720 kg coriander seeds, eucalyptus leaves, rotten plum, wood sawdust, citric acid, 2150 kg bran, 440 Kilo dry red chilli, color chemical, 2 big processing machines have also been recovered.
According to the Crime Branch, these factories were run by persons named Dilip Singh and Sarfaraz, while the responsibility of supplying these fake spices was of a person named Khurshid Malik. All three have been arrested by the police. During interrogation, he told that these fake spices were sold in Sadar Bazaar, Khari Baoli, Pul Mithai and weekly markets of Delhi. The police is now interrogating them and trying to trace those shopkeepers and other gang members.
Tags: Delhi Crime, Delhi police
FIRST PUBLISHED: May 6, 2024, 10:10 IST