Tirupati laddu prasadam row: Tamil Nadu dairy firm’s MD moves HC for anticipatory bail

R Rajasekharan, MD of the Tamil Nadu dairy firm embroiled in the Tirupati laddu row after being accused by the temple trust of supplying adulterated ghee, moved Andhra Pradesh high court Monday for anticipatory bail amid a series of inspections by the state govt-constituted special investigation team, report Srikanth Aluri and Sandeep Raghavan.
Rajasekharan said Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) collected samples from tankers belonging to AR Dairy Foods Pvt Ltd without adhering to norms outlined in the Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSA) Act.
When you hold a constitutional office, you should maintain some restraint, the top court said in reference to Andhra CM Naidu going public with his prasadam claim