HYDERABAD: Patancheru police on Tuesday conducted searches on a milk factory in Pashamailaram industrial estate on the city outskirts and seized adulterated dairy products, particularly curd and cheese (paneer).
Police found several used buckets of top dairy brands from the factory premises. Ravindar Rao, manager of Mahendri Dairy Products, was taken into custody and a cheating case was registered. Patancheru deputy superintendent of police Bheem Reddy told TOI that the factory management was using a mix of milk, skimmed milk powder and chemicals to make curd.