Overview
- Search teams hit sites in Lucknow, Varanasi, Jaunpur, Saharanpur, Ranchi and Ahmedabad, targeting premises linked to alleged kingpin Shubham Jaiswal, associates and connected manufacturers and distributors.
- Officials reported seizing 46,891 bottles from a Lucknow office and collecting financial records and digital data, with several listed business addresses found to be fake.
- Uttar Pradesh Police say about 32 people have been arrested to date and a Special Investigation Team is in place, while Jaiswal is absconding and believed to be in Dubai with extradition steps initiated.
- Investigators describe a diversion network using shell firms, forged licences and falsified e‑way bills, with routes alleged to extend into Nepal and Bangladesh.
- State regulators have filed criminal cases under the NDPS and BNS Acts and identified roughly 133 implicated firms across 31 districts, which underpins the ED’s PMLA case.