Overview
- A Lucknow court issued warrants for Shubham Jaiswal and aide Mahesh Singh, with police announcing Rs 25,000 rewards for information on each.
- The ED searched 25 locations across Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Gujarat after opening a PMLA case based on about 30 UP FIRs, seizing 46,891 bottles from one Lucknow office.
- Documents recovered in Ranchi, Saharanpur and at a chartered accountant’s premises point to roughly 454 suspected shell entities allegedly used for bogus billing and layering.
- Investigators say consignments were moved interstate and into Nepal and Bangladesh; about 3.5 lakh bottles have been seized and around 32 people detained, including ex-constable Alok Pratap Singh and Bhola Prasad Jaiswal.
- The ED has served a final summons to Jaiswal, warned it may seek an Interpol Red Corner Notice, and begun forensic bank audits and asset valuation for potential attachment.