A South Mumbai resident has been awarded Rs 1 lakh in compensation by the South Mumbai Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission after the court held that a refined oil manufacturer had sold him a bottle of oil containing a dead fly.

Sam Lakdawala regularly purchased Gemini’s refined Sunflower Oil from Parakh Foods Ltd, based in Pune. On October 18, 2005, as was his usual practice, Lakdawala purchased a 500 ml bottle of oil for Rs 28.80. He noticed that a “fly-like” creature was floating inside the bottle and showed the bottle to representatives of the seller and the manufacturer, Cargill India Pvt Ltd.