Hisar: The team of CM Flying Squad raided the illegal warehouse having storage of fake ‘mawa’ was found kept amidst dirt in a house in Dhani Shyam Lal Street No. 3 of the city on Saturday morning. The team of CM Flying in Hisar district during the raid recovered about 7 quintals of fake ‘mawa’ to be supplied to sweets shops in the town to prepare sweets on Rakhi and Teej festival. The team has detained one person who said that ‘mawa’ was being supplied from here to the famous shops of the city as well as adjoining rural areas. He admitted that ‘mawa’ costing Rs 500 per kg was being supplied from here at Rs 150 per kg. and about 35 quintals of ‘mawa’ was supplied from here on Raksha Bandhan and Teej festival.
According to the information, the team led by Hisar Range Incharge Sunaina of CM Flying raided this warehouse at around 9 am. and ‘mawa’ was found kept in dirt. It was kept amidst dirty water in the D-fridge and a foul smell was coming from it. The team also detained a youth, Mahavir, a resident of Churu in Rajasthan, who said that this ‘mawa’ is fake and was supplied to almost all the big shops in the city. Mahavir said that this fake ‘mawa’ was supplied to all the Bikaner sweets shops in the city as well as in adjoining towns Barwala and Uklana. Mahavir admitted that he used to bring this mawa from Bikaner in Rajasthan and stock it in Hisar and his owner who was running this illegal business is a resident of Bikaner Dungar. He disclosed that he has been granted bail in a similar case just two days ago. Police have also seized a ledger from the warehouse in which the names of all those shops were recorded where ‘mawa’ was supplied. Mahavir said that two types of ‘mawa’ were prepared: one super quality and another one low quality. Super quality was sold for Rs 250 per kg. Low quality was easily sold for Rs 150, and they have sold about 35 quintals of ‘mawa’ on Teej and Rakhi.
CM Flying Incharge Sunaina said that fake ‘mawa’ was sold in shops for Rs 150 per kg. Further, shopkeepers used to sell it for Rs 500 per kg by calling it pure ‘mawa’. A lot of ‘mawa’ was supplied from here to be used on ‘Ghevar’ during Teej. Apart from this, many Halwais (sweets manufacturers) of the city have purchased ‘mawa’ from this warehouse. Sunaina said that the youth caught could not show any documents regarding the warehouse, this shows that this warehouse is completely illegal. Food Safety Officer Dr. Pawan Chahal said that it was found through CM Flying that fake ‘mawa’ is being supplied here and we are taking stern action on this. “There were 7 quintals of ‘mawa’ recovered by the Flying Squad team kept in the fridge and in tins in the open. We have taken 4 different samples to be sent to the laboratory and further action will be taken after the sample report arrives. No license of any kind was found with them on the spot. They were running the warehouse illegally. At first glance, it seems to be prepared from vegetable oil. The rest of the lab report will tell what kind of adulteration is in it,” Dr Pawan Chahal said.
