The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday seized ₹60 crore in day-long raids carried out at 15 locations across Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi to unravel money laundered through supply of adulterated ghee to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) for making prasad.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday seized ₹60 crore in day-long raids carried out at 15 locations across Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi to unravel money laundered through supply of adulterated ghee to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) for making prasad.
Sources claimed ED seized ₹60 lakh in cash during at raids at premises in Maharashtra’s Ahilyanagar and Mumbai, Rajasthan’s Bikaner, Uttarakhand’s Dehradun and Roorkee, Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul, Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur, and Delhi. Besides that, searches have also led to disclosures regarding proceeds of crime investments in real estate valued at more than ₹45 crore and other immovable properties suspected to have been held in the names of accused which could be disproportionate to their known sources of income.
The ED’s Hyderabad zonal office conducted the searches covering the residential and office premises of Pomil Jain, Vipin Jain, Raju Rajasekaran, Rajesh Mansukhlal Chavda, Apurva Vinaykanth Chavda, Machindra Shantaram Lanke, Ajay Kumar Sugandh, Mahesh Kumar Rohira, and Ashish Agarwal, the agency in a statement.
The sleuths also landed at the dairy plants of AR Dairy Food Pvt Ltd in Dindigul; Malganga Milk and Agro Products Pvt Ltd in Ahilyanagar; and Bhole Baba Organic Dairy Milk Pvt Ltd in Roorkee.
The officials are said to have taken into their possession various incriminating documents, indicating the use of a complex network of legal entities to facilitate bogus sale and purchase transactions for concealment and layering of Proceeds of Crime, said ED.
The ED swung into action under the PMLA, 2002, after taking over a First Information Report (FIR) registered against AR Dairy Food Pvt Ltd and others.
It is alleged that the accused persons, in conspiracy with certain TTD officials, committed criminal breach of trust, cheating, and caused wrongful loss to TTD by supplying adulterated ghee.
ED said its investigation conducted so far has revealed that the “Proceeds of Crime generated through the supply of adulterated ghee to TTD were subsequently invested in immovable properties through a complex web of interconnected legal entities and business concerns to conceal the illicit origin of funds.”
The suspects allegedly substituted milk fat with cheaper alternatives and palm oil to commit fraud for profiteering.
Published on June 3, 2026