Condoms, stone, gutkha found in samosas at Pune company canteen

Samosas served at a Pune canteen were found to be contaminated with condoms and stones

Five people have been booked after condoms, stones and gutkha were found in samosas served at an office canteen in Pune. The shocking case of food contamination was discovered on March 27.

According to a report by news agency PTI, the samosas were served in the canteen of a major automobile company based in Pimpari Chinchwad in Pune. Investigation into the incident revealed that the motive behind the contamination was revenge.

Among the five people booked in the case, two were workers of a subcontracting firm that was asked to supply the samosas. Three of the accused were partners of another such firm that had been removed earlier for adulteration, police said on April 8.

The firm that was earlier supplying food to the automobile firm was called SRA Enterprises. Its contract was terminated after a bandage was found in snacks. Three partners of SRA Enterprises then conspired to plant their workers at Manohar Enterprises, the firm hired to supply snacks to the canteen after the removal of SRA Enterprises. The workers were tasked with contaminating the food to defame the new supplier.

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“The three partners had allegedly planted these two workers to ensure the firm that had got the samosa contract now would get defamed,” the official was quoted as saying by PTI. “The three partners had allegedly planted these two workers to ensure the firm that had got the samosa contract now would get defamed.”

The five accused were identified as Rahim Shaikh, Azhar Shaikh, Mazhar Shaikh, Firoz Shaikh and Vicky Shaikh, according to an ANI report.

Firoz Shaikh and Vicky Shaikh were the two workers who stuffed samosas with condoms, gutkha and stone. “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 Chikhli police station official said. “We registered a case under IPC section 328 (causing hurt by means of poison) and 120B (criminal conspiracy).”

(With inputs from PTI)