Overview
- DCP (City) Dhawal Jaiswal said a corruption case is being registered, the cash was recovered, and the payer, identified as Rahul, is in custody.
- Police link the alleged bribe to the November 3 raid on a Meerut Road warehouse that yielded four trucks carrying 1,57,350 bottles (15,735 litres) of Eskuf and Phensedyl worth over ₹3.4 crore.
- A team led by IPS Dhaval Jaiswal acted on Commissioner J. Ravindra Gaur’s instructions, while an SIT under Additional DCP Piyush Singh continues to lead the broader investigation.
- Investigators allege the syndicate moved more than 550 truckloads in three years, with suspects Asif (reportedly in Dubai), Wasim and Shubham Jaiswal still absconding.
- Statements to police describe use of an RS Pharma licence and fake firms, storage at a Ghaziabad fish warehouse, shifting concealment tactics, and routes through UP, Bihar and Jharkhand toward Bangladesh.