Patiala: In a case of alleged spurious milk production in Patiala, police on Monday, secured three-day remand of two accused arrested a day earlier after a raid in Samana block of the district. Police said investigations are on and a case has been registered at Sadar Samana police station.
The accused have been identified as Harpreet Singh and Gurpreet Singh of a village in Samana. Police said the accused used to manufacture spurious milk using glucose powder and poultry feed as ingredients.
They claimed to have seized a milk machine and milk ultra-machine, more than six packets of glucose powder and 200 litres of spurious milk. They said the accused admitted to supplying around 500 litres of spurious milk daily in Rajpura area and in Ludhiana to a company.
The accused, who have around one acre of farm land, opened a milk dairy a few years ago before switching to spurious milk production to earn easy money.