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Pune: Simple House, Horrific Act Inside! Fake Factory Endangers Lives, ‘Amul’ Cheese Seized
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News18•02-10-2026, 12:26
Pune: Simple House, Horrific Act Inside! Fake Factory Endangers Lives, ‘Amul’ Cheese Seized
- •A dangerous fake factory was busted in a residential house in Uruli Devachi, Pune, compromising food safety.
- •Pune Crime Branch and FDA jointly raided the premises, seizing goods worth Rs 31.91 lakh.
- •Flavored tobacco was produced by mixing rose water, menthol, and glycerol with ordinary tobacco.
- •Fake cheese, labeled as ‘Amul’ and weighing 430 kg, was found with altered expiry dates.
- •Two individuals, Sushilsingh Vishwanath Tomar and Umeshsingh Ramdin Tomar, were arrested; the main owner, Yasin Saeed Khan alias Sajid, is absconding.
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During the joint raid in the Uruli Devachi area of Pune, authorities seized flavored tobacco manufactured using chemical processing, tobacco-making machines, and about 430 kg of fake cheese bearing counterfeit Amul labels with altered expiry dates.
Two youths from Madhya Pradesh named Sushilsingh Vishwanath Tomar and Umeshsingh Ramdin Tomar were arrested by the police. Meanwhile, the main owner of the factory, Yasin Saeed Khan alias Sajid, managed to abscond and is actively being searched for by law enforcement.
The operators produced approximately 430 kg of fake cheese across 1,080 boxes carrying fake Amul labels and directly endangered public health by removing expired dates and stamping new ones on the packaging.
