Porni Banerjee | ০৯ এপ্রিল ২০২৪ ১৫ : ০৪Porni Banerjee

A complaint has been filed against five people after gutkas, condoms and stones were found in a number of samosas, which were delivered at an automobile company in Pune, police informed on Monday.

The Pimpri Chinchwad (Maharashtra) police initiated an investigation and arrested one suspect so far for the crime. The accused have been identified as Rahim Shaikh, Azhar Shaikh, Mazhar Shaikh, Firoz Shaikh and Vicky Shaikh.

Of the accused, two staff are from a subcontracting firm who were asked to deliver the samosas as well as three partners who were thrown out earlier for supplying adulterated foods, a police official said.

“Out of the five accused, the three partners had allegedly planted the other two workers to ensure the firm that had gotten the fresh contract would get defamed,” police said.

According to the official, on Saturday, employees discovered condoms, pan masala, banned gutkas and stones inside the samosas served at the canteen of the auto firm that prompted the catering company – responsible for supplying food to the firm’s canteen – file an FIR against the accused.  

“Catalyst Service Solutions Pvt Ltd is responsible for providing food items to the canteen of the automobile firm. The firm had given a contract to provide samosas to another subcontracting firm named Manohar Enterprises. On Saturday, some of the automobile firm employees found condoms, gutka and stones in the samosas,” he said.

“We registered a case under IPC Section 328 (causing hurt by means of poison) and 120B (criminal conspiracy). The two accused told us they are employees of SRA Enterprises and were sent by its partners to Manohar Enterprises to adulterate food supplied by the latter,” the police added.

Senior Inspector Dnyaneshwar Katkar confirmed the arrest of one accused and said that further probe is ongoing.