VARANASI, Jan. 24 -- The special investigating team of Sonbhadra police on Friday attached assets worth Rs.28.50 crore of Bhola Prasad, a prime accused in a codeine-based cough syrup smuggling case, following court orders, officials said. The attachment was carried out at different spots in Varanasi, police said. Prasad, who is the father of the racket's alleged kingpin Subham Jaiswal, was arrested from the Kolkata airport last year when he was allegedly attempting to flee the country. He is lodged in the Sonbhadra district jail. "The SIT investigation found out that the accused was operating an organised syndicate for the illegal trafficking of codeine-laced cough syrup and had acquired movable and immovable property worth approximately Rs.28.50 crore through this criminal activity," said , Sonbhadra SP Abhishek Verma. After identifying these properties, a report was submitted to a court for confiscation under Section 107 of the BNSS. Upon finding sufficient evidence, the court passed an order on January 22, for the confiscation of the movable and immovable properties acquired by the accused through crime. Police said the attached assets include two FD receipts worth Rs 1.14 crore in Indian Bank's SSU branch, while two other bank accounts with a balance of Rs 6,89,607 were debit-frozen. htc...