JOIN USThe Wilson Garden police have arrested three people supplying adulterated milk to the City from Tamil Nadu.
The arrested are Tyagaraj, 38, Shanmugam, 35 and Bhaskar, 49, all from Erode district in Tamil Nadu.
The police had launched a drive following complaints of adulterated milk being supplied from the neighbouring state.
They had recently caught a milk tanker supplying milk brought from Tamil Nadu, to hotels and roadside tea stalls on eighth cross, Wilson Garden. KMF officials came to the spot and tested milk samples in the tanker.
The officials said the milk had been adulterated with caustic soda, urea and sugar. The officials said that the milk had high fat content and low SNF value.
The police have seized the tanker containing a large quantity of milk. On sustained interrogation, the arrested said that they brought milk from Venkateshwara Milk Dairy in Tamil Nadu. The owner of the dairy has been identified as Dhanashekhar.
On March 25, Siddaramappa, DCP (West), while on night rounds, had arrested seven people and seized about 10,000 litres of adulterated milk in Kalasipalyam. In that instance also, the milk had been supplied by Dhanashekhar.
The police have taken up the case with their counterparts in Tamil Nadu. Dhanashekhar is reported to be absconding.