Overview
- Officials said preliminary scrutiny linked about Rs 425 crore in irregular transactions to Ranchi-based Shaili Traders, with roughly 30 bank accounts identified and some funds frozen.
- Police initiated extradition proceedings to bring alleged mastermind Shubham Jaiswal from the UAE, while his father Bhola Jaiswal and key stockists Vibhor Rana and Saurabh Tyagi are under arrest.
- Two arrests in Varanasi uncovered the use of forged licences and fake e-way bills as Hari Om Pharma and Kal Bhairav Traders bought over 5 lakh vials from Shaili Traders and moved about Rs 7 crore.
- Authorities reported 32 arrests, 128 FIRs across 28 districts, inspections at 279 establishments, and seizures of about 3.5 lakh bottles following multi-district truck interceptions.
- Evidence points to consignments routed toward Nepal and Bangladesh; officials clarified prescription sale of such syrups remains legal and said no deaths were reported in Uttar Pradesh.