If you visited Tirupati between 2019 and 2024, chances are the prasad laddoo you ate was actually made of chemicals and animal fat, not real ghee.
CBI found that Pammil Jain and Vipin Jain ran Bhole Baba Organic Dairy in Haridwar. They did not buy a single drop of milk or butter, yet supplied 6.8 million kg of “ghee” worth ₹250 crore to Tirupati during those years. Delhi-based chemical trader Ajay Kumar supplied monoglycerides, acetic acid and esters used to make the fake ghee.
This company was blacklisted in 2022 over adulteration complaints. But they continued supplying ghee through front companies under new names: Vaishnavi Dairy (Tirupati), Mal Ganga Dairy (UP), and AR Dairy (TN). I doubt this company would have bypassed the ban without help from TTD insiders.
They could have earned plenty even with real ghee. But corruption and immorality are default settings for most of us. Every situation becomes a chance to squeeze every last drop of money, even if millions fall sick, even if their faith is insulted. It doesn’t matter. No conscience, no ethics, no respect for fellow human beings.