MLA Bains barges into Verka plant in Ludhiana, booked

LUDHIANA :IN the second such case against Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) president and Atam Nagar MLA Simarjeet Singh Bains in less than two months, police have booked him for trespass and forcible entry. This was after authorities at the Verka Milk Plant, Ferozepur Road, approached the police, accusing the MLA of obstructing employees from doing their duty.

On Tuesday, Bains had conducted a ‘surprise check’ at the plant, alleging that Verka supplied milk low on fat and Solids Not fat (SNF) than what it claimed on the packets. He also claimed that a ₹200 crore annual scam in supply of milk by Verka.

On April 24, Bains had been booked for trespass and forcibly entry into the Passport Sewa Kendra of Ludhiana.

LIP LEGISLATOR ALSO TOOK MILK SAMPLES

Bains, who went to the plant along with a private lab technician, also took samples of milk in presence of plant authorities. He alleged, “Verka claims on its milk packets that it contains 4.5% fat and 8.5% SNF. Regular testing of their milk was done for over two weeks in the labs of Milkfed in different districts. The milk was found be low on both these parameters. On Tuesday also, fat quantity in milk was 4.1% and the SNF was 8%.”

‘ALLEGATIONS FALSE’

General manager of Verka milk plant, Harminder Singh, said, “All allegations are baseless. We supply proper amount of fat and SNF in our milk. MLA Bains and his team entered our plant in an unauthorised manner. They did not follow any procedure to take samples.”