Duplicate turmeric making unit raided in Nadiad

Nadiad: Nadiad city police unearthed a scam of making duplicate turmeric in a factory located on Nadiad mill road.

The city police had received information that duplicate liquor was being produced in a factory at Nadiad mill road. The police raided the factory named Dev Spices and found that the unit was making duplicate turmeric and not duplicate liquor. The duplicate turmeric was made by grinding broken rice mixed with a chemical. The police found over 150 sacks of broken rice mixed with chemicals. The factory was also making other kinds of spices.

The police also found the barrels of chemicals used to make duplicate turmeric. The duplicate turmeric was supplied in the country and foreign countries from this unit. The police called the food department team of the district who collected the samples of duplicate turmeric and chemical-mixed broken rice to the government food lab for testing.

The factory owner’s name is Pankaj Chandrakant Tehlyani. His other factory is located at Mehmedabad road. The police and food department raided there as well. DeshGujarat