Andhra Pradesh's education and information technology minister Nara Lokesh said animal fat was used in the preparation of the laddoo offerings of the Tirupati temple.

Andhra Pradesh's education and information technology minister Nara Lokesh said animal fat was used in the preparation of the laddoo offerings of the Tirupati temple. An examination of the document that the CBI filed before the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Court in Nellore reveals that the investigation concluded that the adulterant was a synthetic mixture of vegetable oils and chemical esters.