Overview
- The final chargesheet filed on January 23 in the Nellore ACB court names 36 accused, including TTD officials and supplier directors.
- It alleges about 68.17 lakh kg of adulterated material worth roughly ₹234 crore was supplied between 2019 and 2024.
- Investigators say palm-based oils and additives such as acetic acid esters, monoglycerides, beta carotene and flavouring were used to mimic ghee and pass lab checks.
- ICAR-NDRI reported no lard in four sealed tanker samples and NDDB CALF analyses indicated fats of plant origin with negligible genuine ghee content.
- YSRCP claims the findings disprove animal-fat allegations and seeks apologies from N. Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan, while TTD’s chairman rejects any ‘clean chit’, cites procurement irregularities and urges further probing.