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Thane: Is that cumin or is it wood in your jeera rice?
Updated On: 28 January, 2024 06:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Faisal Tandel
Cops arrest two in Bhiwandi, mixing fennel seeds waste and wood with genuine jeera to run racket worth lakhs
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The police have arrested Chetan Gandhi (left) and Shadab Khan, in connection with the racket
If, over the last one year, you found something wrong with the taste of your jeera rice at a highway dhaba, we may finally know why. The Thane police have arrested two accused who were allegedly selling adulterated cumin seeds, or jeera, by the ton to dhabas on the highways leading to Pune, Nashik, Ahmedabad and Goa, as well as retailers.
According to police officials, the racket was busted after the Shanti Nagar police in Bhiwandi received a tip off that a tempo carrying spurious jeera would be coming to the Nagaon Fatma Nagar area. Accordingly, a trap was laid, and the police intercepted the tempo, which was carrying nearly three tons of spurious cumin, worth Rs 7.19 lakh, on Thursday. The police also arrested Shadab Khan, 33, a resident of Palghar and Chetan Gandhi, 34, a Kandivli resident during the seizure.
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