Finger Found In Ice Cream Could Belong To Injured Factory Worker, Say Mumbai Cops

The severed thumb found in ice cream ordered online by a Mumbai-based man could be that of an injured factory worker and police are running tests to confirm the initial probe findings.

According to an India Today report, police have sent the DNA sample of the Pune factory staffer to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for investigation.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had earlier suspended the licence of the Pune-based ice cream manufacturer pending investigation.

Brendon Ferrao (26), a doctor and a resident of the Malad area, filed a complaint after the incident took place on Wednesday.

“In his complaint, he said that he ordered a butterscotch ice cream cone from Yummo company through an e-Commerce app. While consuming the ice cream after lunch, he found a piece of flesh with a nail in it,” a police official said.

The man, who is pursuing his post-graduate studies, then took up the matter with the ice cream company by complaining about it on its Instagram page. But since there was no proper response from the firm, the complainant put the piece of flesh in an ice bag and approached went to the Malad police station, where he complained, the official said.

Based on his complaint, the police registered a case under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 272 (adulteration of food or drink intended for sale), 273 (sale of noxious food and drink), and 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others), against Yummo ice cream company officials, he said.

“The piece of flesh, suspected to be a piece of human finger, has been sent for forensic examination to ascertain whether it is a part of the human body,” the official said.

Speaking to media persons about the incident, complainant Ferrao said that while eating the ice cream, he found a big piece in his mouth and initially thought it to be a nut.

But as he suspected that something was wrong, he took out the piece from his mouth and was appalled to find a piece of flesh, he said.

He said that since he is a doctor, he knows the human body parts well and figured out that the piece of flesh that he found was of a thumb.

Senior police inspector Ravindra Adane said the piece of flesh with a nail measured around one-and-a-half centimetres.