Bhopal, June 19 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bhopal Zonal Office, has intensified its crackdown on an alleged multi-crore dairy products adulteration and money laundering racket by filing a supplementary charge sheet against Sunil Kumar Tripathi, former CEO of M/s Jayshri Gayatri Food Products Pvt. Ltd. (JG FPL), and other accused before the Special Court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Bhopal on June 17, 2026.
The court has issued notices to the accused persons directing them to appear before it.
According to a press release issued by the ED on Friday, the investigation stems from multiple FIRs registered at Habibganj Police Station, Bhopal, and by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Bhopal, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
The probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, has uncovered serious allegations of manufacturing and exporting adulterated dairy products using forged laboratory reports to secure export clearances and health certificates.
The ED has specifically highlighted the alleged role of Sunil Kumar Tripathi, who was then the CEO of JG FPL. He is accused of playing a pivotal role in the preparation and use of forged laboratory reports in connivance with others.
These forged documents were allegedly used to obtain health certificates, which facilitated the export of substandard and adulterated dairy products.
Further investigations revealed that Tripathi was also involved in the diversion and misappropriation of dairy products from the company’s stocks.
The diverted products were reportedly sold through entities controlled by him, including M/s Siyajeet Exports and M/s Sugam Foods, using fictitious invoices and bills.
The proceeds from these sales were allegedly layered and routed through a complex chain of unrelated entities to conceal their criminal origin in what the ED described as a classic money laundering modus operandi.
In a significant development earlier, the ED had provisionally attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs 23.59 crore belonging to the accused under the provisions of the PMLA.
The agency also arrested Kishan Modi, Managing Director of JG FPL, and Sunil Kumar Tripathi, who are currently in judicial custody.
The ED said further investigation is underway to identify additional proceeds of crime, trace the money trail, and ascertain the involvement of other persons and entities in the alleged offence of money laundering.
–IANS
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