TTD Adulterated Ghee Fraud: ED Says Rs 45 Crore Proceeds of Crime Invested In Real Estate

New Delhi: Accused in the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) ghee adulteration fraud invested around Rs 45 crore from the proceeds of crime, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Wednesday. The ED claimed that its probe revealed that the proceeds of crime generated through the supply of adulterated ghee to TTD were invested in real estate.A complex web of legal and business entities was allegedly used to conceal the illicit source of funds. ED has registered a money laundering case in connection with the ghee adulteration fraud and conducted searches at 15 locations across the country. The searches concluded on Wednesday."ED, Hyderabad Zonal Office, has conducted search operations at 15 locations across Ahilyanagar, Bikaner, Dehradun, Delhi,

Dindigul, Guntur, Mumbai and Roorkee on 03.06.2026 in connection with the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Ghee Adulteration Fraud case," ED said.During the searches, Rs 64 lakh in cash was seized.Officials said the searches covered the premises of dairy firms and their owners who had earlier been investigated by the Special Investigation Team (SIT). "The search operations further covered the dairy plants of A.R. Dairy Food Pvt. Ltd., Dindigul; Malganga Milk & Agro Products Pvt. Ltd., Ahilyanagar; and Bhole Baba Organic Dairy Milk Pvt. Ltd., Roorkee," the ED said.Also Read: Dairy Giants, Temple Insiders, Rs 250 Crores Lost: How CBI Solved the TTD Laddu Ghee Adulteration Plot"Documents seized indicate the use of a complex network of legal entities to facilitate bogus sale and purchase transactions for the concealment and layering of proceeds of crime," probe agency said.ED case stems from an FIR registered against M/s A.R. Dairy Food Pvt. Ltd. and others. It is alleged that the accused, in conspiracy with certain TTD officials, committed criminal breach of trust and cheating, causing wrongful loss to TTD by supplying adulterated ghee.In January, the SIT filed a supplementary chargesheet in the TTD Laddu case. A total of 36 accused were named in the chargesheet.

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"SIT, in its chargesheet, stated that the ghee supplied to TTD was adulterated and that hawala channels and illicit financial transactions were used by the accused to pay bribes and invest the proceeds of crime," officials said."SIT findings also revealed that adulterated ghee was supplied to other temples and not restricted to TTD alone," they added.