Prayagraj. Shubham Jaiswal, an absconding accused in the excessive-profile case of unlawful smuggling of cough syrup containing codeine in Uttar Pradesh, has approached the Allahabad High Court. Shubham has filed a petition to cancel the FIR and keep the arrest. However, the petition couldn’t be heard on Thursday. The court docket adjourned the case to subsequent week. During the listening to, the state authorities mentioned that other than the NDPS Act, extra sections of the Indian Judicial Code (BNS) have additionally been added. The petitioner’s lawyer argued that it was political vendetta, however the court docket accepted the request to increase the arguments.
This case is expounded to the FIR registered beneath Section 26(d) of the NDPS Act at Varanasi Kotwali police station on 15 November 2025. Shubham Jaiswal, his father Bhola Prasad Jaiswal and 28 others have been named in the FIR. It is alleged that Shubham bought pharmaceutical cough syrup from a manufacturing unit in Himachal Pradesh via New Vriddhi Pharma Medical Store in Varanasi, stocked it in Ghaziabad and smuggled it to Bengal, Bangladesh and Nepal by making faux e-method payments. STF investigation revealed that Shubham did enterprise value greater than Rs 100 crore by creating faux corporations like Shaili Traders. 10+ FIRs have been registered in Varanasi, Ghaziabad, Sonbhadra, Agra and different districts.
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Shubham’s father Bhola Prasad was arrested from Kolkata Airport on November 29 whereas he was attempting to flee to Thailand. Sonbhadra police took him on transit remand and despatched him to jail. During interrogation, Bhola accused his son of faux billing. STF has made 5+ arrests up to now, together with a dismissed constable Alok Singh. Alok revealed that Shubham created the community via Ajamgarh lawyer Vikas Singh.
Other accused like Varun Singh, Gaurav Jaiswal and Vishal Mehrotra have fled to Dubai. There are separate FIRs towards Shubham in Ghaziabad and Varanasi. The court docket will take a choice on BNS sections, FIR validity and arrest safety subsequent week. SP referred to as it a conspiracy by BJP, whereas STF says that it’s strictly towards the drug community. After deaths as a consequence of cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, investigation has intensified in UP.