Claim
The seized items included cold drinks, desi ghee, chowmein, salt, tomato sauce and several other food products.
“जिनमें कोल्ड ड्रिंक्स, देसी घी, चाऊमीन, नमक, टोमेटो सॉस समेत कई खाद्य उत्पाद मिले।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
The claim most plausibly refers to the Delhi Police/FSSAI raid on an expiry-date-manipulation racket in Okhla, reported July 2-3, 2026. Wire and press coverage corroborates that seized goods included cold drinks, ghee, and noodles among 'many food products' worth over Rs 20 lakh, which supports part of the anchor's list. However, no independent report mentions salt or tomato sauce among the seized items, 'chowmein' only loosely matches the reported 'Maggi noodles', and no fact-checker (AltNews, BOOM, Factly, Newschecker, PIB) has assessed the specific itemization. Since published seizure lists are explicitly non-exhaustive, the two unsupported items can be neither confirmed nor refuted, and it cannot be established with certainty which raid the broadcast referenced, the precise claim is unverifiable on available evidence.
Evidence
- https://aninews.in/news/national/general-news/delhi-police-busts-expiry-date-manipulation-racket-seizes-food-worth-rs-20-lakh-in-okhla20260703104727/ ANI report (Jul 3, 2026) on the Delhi Okhla expiry-date racket — the closest matching seizure to the broadcast window; lists Thums Up, Fanta, cold drink packs/cans, ghee, Maggi noodles, Bournvita, Horlicks, Paper Boat juices among seized goods, but not salt or tomato sauce ✓ reachable · archived
- https://ianslive.in/racket-of-sale-of-food-with-manipulated-expiry-date-busted-in-delhi-seven-arrested--20260703133038 IANS wire report confirming seizure of cold drinks, ghee and Maggi noodles worth over Rs 20 lakh at M/s Westened Corporation, Okhla Phase-II; seven arrested; salt and tomato sauce absent from the itemized list ✓ reachable · archived
- https://telanganatoday.com/delhi-police-bust-fake-food-racket-altering-expiry-dates-of-major-brands-7-arrested Independent coverage of the same raid with an identical item list (cold drinks, ghee, Maggi noodles, health drinks, juices); notes 'huge stocks' were recovered, so published lists may not be exhaustive ✓ reachable · archived
- https://hindi.dynamitenews.com/crime/delhi-police-expired-food-scam-repackaging-racket-busted-okhla-food-safety-department-raid Hindi coverage listing 'कोल्ड ड्रिंक, हेल्थ ड्रिंक, मैगी, घी, जूस समेत कई मशहूर ब्रांडों के प्रोडक्ट' — corroborates cold drinks, ghee, noodles and an open-ended 'many products' framing, but again no नमक or टोमैटो सॉस ✓ reachable · archived