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LADDU FINDINGS OUGHT TO IMPOSE WIDER RESTRAINT
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
|January 30, 2026
THE final chargesheet in the Tirumala laddu adulteration case brings much-needed clarity to a controversy that had spiralled far beyond verified facts.
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After a 15-month, multi-state investigation, the CBI-led Special Investigation Team has confirmed that ghee supplied to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams was adulterated—but not with animal fat. Instead, vegetable oils and synthetic additives were used to mimic cow ghee, implicating suppliers, intermediaries and TTD officials in a large-scale procurement fraud.
This story is from the January 30, 2026 edition of The New Indian Express Hyderabad.
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