Cuttack: Jagatpur police Tuesday busted a fake edible oil manufacturing unit near Jagatpur truck terminal in Cuttack.
More than 100 containers filled with mustard and refined oil were seized. Anadi Charan Behera, owner of the unit, was detained in this connection.
“The gang used to procure low-quality oil and adulterate it by mixing essence and colour before supplying them to different retailers under various brand names including Ruchi Gold, Chakadola, Ganesh and Laxmi. A number of labels of these companies were also seized,” inspector-in-charge of Jagatpur police station Biranchi Pati said.
The unit had been operating here for the last couple of months, Pati said, adding that the investigation is on to find out details of the store where such products were supplied.
In a similar raid, April 30, at least 143 tins containing adulterated edible oil was seized from a fake manufacturing unit at Nuasahi near Khannagar in Cuttack. A person was also detained in connection with the case.