Following the reports of adulterated Ghee used in the laddus at Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam. Claims have emerged alleging that the ghee supplier company for the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has its management from Pakistan. However, D-Intent Data has discovered that the list shows members of A. R. Foods (Pvt) Limited which is a Pakistani company. Whereas, the supplier is AR Dairy Food Private Limited, based in Tamil Nadu, India, and unrelated to Pakistan.
Sharing a list of some employees at A. R. Foods (Pvt) Limited, propagandist account @RealBababanaras wrote. “Multiple social media posts claiming that following are the top management names of the Tamil Nadu company supplying desi ghee to Tirupati Balaji. Is this true ?”.
Several other users, influencers and propagandists have also disseminated the list and made similar claims. Their posts can be seen here, @jpsin1, @MithilaWaala
The truth behind the claims about ghee supply for Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the screenshots and claims came to our notice. Subsequently, we conducted research and analysis of the claims and found that this list features employees of a Pakistani company, not India.
To verify the claims made by the users. We performed a relevant keyword search on Google. This led us to media reports about AR Dairy Food Private Limited based in Tamil Nadu, India. According to reports, the Tamil Nadu-based dairy company was started in 1995 and is managed by three directors – Rajasekaran R, Suria Prabha R and Srinivasan SR. Currently, it has been blacklisted by TTD. Whereas, the list features employees of A. R. Foods (Pvt) Limited which is a Pakistani company. Both companies are different and have no connection to each other.
Therefore, it is evident from verified sources that the company that supplied Ghee to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam has no connection to Pakistani management.
Intent
Propagandists are circulating a list of employees of a Pakistani company and linking it to the Indian company that supplied Ghee to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam.
Conclusion
Claim– The company that supplied Ghee for Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam has its management from Pakistan.
Fact– The list of employees is of a Pakistan-based company A. R. Foods (Pvt) Limited, it is entirely different from the Indian company AR Dairy Food Private Limited based in Tamil Nadu.
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