The curtain has finally come down on one of the most disturbing procurement scandals to hit the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, with the CBI-led Special Investigation Team filing its final chargesheet in the infamous laddu ghee adulteration case. The chargesheet as per reports was submitted before the ACB court in Nellore on Friday, concluding a 15-month-long probe that uncovered what investigators describe as a meticulously planned conspiracy involving dairy firms, middlemen, and senior officials of the Tirupati trust. According to the final findings, as quoted by a Times of India report, an Uttarakhand-based firm, Bhole Baba Dairy, allegedly supplied a staggering 68 lakh kilograms of synthetic and fake ghee to the TTD between 2021 and 2024. The ghee, valued at nearly Rs 250 crore, was supplied without procuring even a single drop of real milk, making it one of the biggest procurement scams ever reported in the TTD’s history.
