By: Express News ServiceNew Delhi | September 14, 2025 10:52 PM IST 2 min readAhead of the festive season, the Delhi Police, in a joint operation with the Food Safety Department of the Delhi government, raided an illegal ghee manufacturing unit operating in the Bawana Industrial Area and claimed to have recovered 7,600 litres of adulterated ghee and 900 litres of oil, officials said on Sunday.According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer-North), Hareshwar Swami, the timely action averted a potential health hazard ahead of the Navratri, Dussehra, and Diwali celebrations, when the demand for ghee and sweets remain high.Swami said that a tip-off regarding the adulteration of dairy products was received by a team of AATS, led by Inspector Pramod Kumar, Sub-Inspector Rohit, Assistant Sub-Inspector Narender, and head constables Jaideep and Naveen Hooda.Immediately, the Food Safety Department officials were roped in and secretly the activities was checked in the Sai Factory located at C-51, Sector-2, Bawana Industrial Area.“When it was confirmed that the manufacturing adulterated ghee, a raid was conducted and 7600 Liters of ‘Avtar Deshi Ghee’ and 900 of vanaspati and groundnut oil used in the adulteration process were seized. A case under section 318(4)/274/275 BNS was registered at Bawana police station and all the items were seized,” Swami said.Besides this, the police team also seized a stove and a cylinder, packaging material, essence and colouring agents, weighing and sealing machine and two mixing machines.The factory was registered in the name of Madhav Gupta (26), a resident of Defence Colony, Delhi. Though Gupta was not present during the raid, the on-site supervisor Brijesh confessed that the ghee was being adulterated under the owner’s instructions.Story continues below this adBrijesh has been arrested while the efforts are ongoing to arrest the absconding factory owner and trace the distribution network, police said.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:food adulteration