The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday conducted searches at 15 locations across Ahilyanagar, Bikaner, Dehradun, Delhi, Dindigul, Guntur, Mumbai, and Roorkee in connection with the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) ghee adulteration case.According to an official release, the ED’s Hyderabad Zonal Office carried out searches at the residential and office premises of Pomil Jain, Vipin Jain, Raju Rajasekaran, Rajesh Mansukhlal Chavda, Apurva Vinaykanth Chavda, Machindra Shantaram Lanke, Ajay Kumar Sugandh, Mahesh Kumar Rohira, and Ashish Agarwal.During the searches, cash amounting to ₹60 lakh was seized. The searches also led to disclosures regarding investments of Proceeds of Crime (PoC) in properties valued at more than ₹45 crore, along with details of several immovable properties held in the names of the accused persons and their family members.The searches also covered the dairy plants of A.R. Dairy Food Pvt. Ltd., Dindigul; Malganga Milk & Agro Products Pvt. Ltd., Ahilyanagar; and Bhole Baba Organic Dairy Milk Pvt. Ltd., Roorkee.Various incriminating documents were seized, indicating the use of a complex network of legal entities to facilitate bogus sale and purchase transactions for concealment and layering of Proceeds of Crime.The ED initiated the investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, based on an FIR registered against M/s A.R. Dairy Food Pvt. Ltd. and others. It is alleged that the accused persons, in conspiracy with certain TTD officials, committed criminal breach of trust, cheating, and caused wrongful loss to the TTD by supplying adulterated ghee.Investigation conducted so far have revealed that the proceeds of crime generated from the alleged supply of adulterated ghee to the TTD were subsequently invested in immovable properties through a complex web of interconnected legal entities and businesses to conceal the illicit origin of funds.Further investigation is under way, the ED said. Published - June 03, 2026 09:37 pm IST