Amul MD addresses 'misinformation campaign', denies supplying Ghee to Tirupati

Sep 21, 2024

Ahmedabad (Gujarat), September 21 (ANI): Managing Director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), Jayen Mehta on Saturday said that an FIR has been lodged at the cybercrime branch of Ahmedabad Police against "misinformation campaign" allegedly defaming Amul and spreading rumours that they had supplied the ghee that allegedly contained animal fat to Tirupati Balaji temple. In an exclusive interview with ANI, Mehta said, "In Andhra Pradesh, the ghee used in the Tirupati temple was found with adulteration. Some people tried to propagate false information by saying that ghee to TTD was supplied by Amul." "To stop this 'misinformation campaign', we have lodged an FIR in the cybercrime branch of Ahmedabad, as, this is a serious issue, related with 36 lakh families, who are associated with Amul," he said. The MD of the cooperative milk federation, which owns the Amul brand said that Amul "has never supplied its product to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD)."