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UP Forms IG-Led SIT in Codeine Cough Syrup Racket as Probe Flags Rs 425 Crore Trail

Investigators will pursue financial forensics to break the diversion network feeding trafficking routes beyond state borders.

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.