Police in the Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh raided a spice manufacturing unit on Tuesday after a notice suggested the factory had been producing spices adulterated with fake ingredients.
According to a Times of India report, the factory owner named Anoop Varshney has been arrested and the factory itself has been sealed.
During the raid in the Navipur area of the district, the police found various spices including red chili powder, garam masala, coriander powder, turmeric and others. However, all of these spices were made from fake ingredients like donkey manure, artificial colors that are inedible, and even acidic and hay. They also mixed local brands.
The police have taken about 27 samples from the factory and sent them to laboratories for analysis. Once the test results are confirmed, a case will be brought against the owner under the Food Safety and Standards Act.
Police said they also seized about 300 kg of “fake spices” from the factory.
A similar incident was reported in Basti. According to a PTI report, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) busted a scam selling Indian Railways tatkal tickets and arrested his mastermind in the area of the Chhavni police station in Basti district. this week. A total of 245 train tickets were also seized, including 243 tatkal tickets used in the past, a mobile phone, two laptops and some documents, the STF said.
A resident of Pothiyapalayam in Tirrupur (Tamil Nadu) recently passed under The Railway Protection Force scanner after it was discovered that the man had developed two Android apps to speed up the tatkal train ticket booking process.
The IIT alumnus who has been identified as S Yuvarajaa allegedly designed two apps, namely ‘Super Tatkal’ and ‘Super Tatkal Pro’, which bypassed the IRCTC system and helped users book confirmed tatkal tickets quickly, The New Indian Express. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is a subsidiary of Indian Railways that handles electronic ticket booking.
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