Police in Noida have arrested a 34-year-old man for allegedly flooding Delhi-NCR markets with 'fake paneer'. The suspect, identified as Afsar Khan, was picked up from Sector 63 on Monday after weeks of evading arrest.

According to investigators, Khan was running a plant in Sahajpura village, Aligarh, where blocks of synthetic paneer were churned out using a questionable mix of starch powders, palmolein oil, industrial whiteners, and chemical curdling agents, none of which belong anywhere near your plate.
This artificial paneer was sold to shopkeepers at cut prices, eventually finding its way to unsuspecting customers across Delhi and NCR.
Police said the operation wasn't a small-time scam, it was part of an interstate racket that had been active for nearly six months. In June, Noida police had already seized more than 1,400 kg of adulterated paneer from a vehicle linked to the same network.
Several accomplices, including Gulfam (23), Naved (20), and Iqbal (30), had been arrested earlier for working under the instructions of one 'Guddu' (30).