The Mumbai Police Crime Branch on Thursday arrested two men for allegedly adulterating milk sold by big dairy product brands and selling it to unsuspecting customers.
Unit VII of the Crime Branch made the arrests based on a tip-off about the duo’s activities. Officers said Sattiya Sitaramalu Pittala (40) and Enkanna Janahe Ali (43) were running the racket in Pant Nagar in Ghatkopar.
“We worked in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration and laid a trap in Guru Nanak Nagar. As milk delivery trucks arrive in the morning, we lay in wait in the early hours. Around 4 a.m., we saw the duo purchasing milk packets packets in bulk,” an officer said. The men were picked up. The police raided their residences in Guru Nanak Nagar and seized 237 litres of adulterated milk and 75 counterfeit packets of brands like Gokul, Amul, Mother Dairy, Mahananda and Govind.
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“They would seal the adulterated milk in counterfeit packets and sell it. They are estimated to have made profits of over ₹1,000 per day,” the officer said.
The two have been booked for adulteration and selling adulterated products, cheating and forgery, under the Indian Penal Code and the Food Safety Standards Act.