Adulterated cumin factory busted five nabbed

  • | Tuesday | 19th November, 2019

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has busted a a factory in Bawana used for preparing duplicate cumin (jeera) spice commonly used in Indian households. The cumin was mixed with pure cumin in a ration of 80:20 to earn huge profits by the accused. The fake cumin was used to mix with original cumin in the proportionate of 80:20. During the investigation, all the accused persons were arrested and accused persons disclosed that all of them are basically resident of a small town Jalalabad, District Shahjahanpur, UP. They learnt the process of manufacturing the fake cumin from their town itself.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has busted a a factory in Bawana used for preparing duplicate cumin (jeera) spice commonly used in Indian households. Five accused have been arrested. A total of 19,400 kilograms of duplicate cumin that resembles exactly the same as original was seized. The cumin was mixed with pure cumin in a ration of 80:20 to earn huge profits by the accused. "They used to sell the same at Rs 20 per kg in the market, whereas the market value of genuine jeera is approximately Rs 400 per Kg. The fake cumin was used to mix with original cumin in the proportionate of 80:20. Their modus operandi is to work at a place for 20-30 days only and then they shift to some other place," said DCP Outer North Gaurav Sharma. During the investigation, all the accused persons were arrested and accused persons disclosed that all of them are basically resident of a small town Jalalabad, District Shahjahanpur, UP. They learnt the process of manufacturing the fake cumin from their town itself. In that process, a special type of grass is first mixed in Sheera, then the stone powder is mixed in that stuff and the material resembles to original cumin. Accused Harinandan and one absconding co-accused are main conspirator and all the other 4 arrested are labours. The accused persons came to know this act of adulteration from their native place, where most of the residents are involved in adulteration of food items. All of them were indulged in this crime for last many years. They used to purchase raw material from Rajasthan and after manufacturing the fake cumin they used to sell the same in UP and Rajasthan. The accused persons were trying to run their illegal business in Delhi and they had taken a warehouse on rent in the month of August 2019. The warehouse belongs to one Suresh Kumar r/o Vill Pooth Khurd and was taken on rent by Harinandan. They had started preparing the fake jeera in Delhi too. The absconding accused was also the main conspirator as his motive was to search the whole sellers and retailers to sell the manufactured fake jeera.

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