Varanasi/Lucknow, Dec. 13 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) continued its crackdown for the second consecutive day on Saturday in a massive codeine-based cough syrup trafficking racket estimated to be worth over Rs 1,000 crore. The search operations, which began early Friday morning, are being conducted across 25 locations in Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Gujarat.
In Varanasi, ED teams remained engaged in an extensive financial audit linked to the alleged kingpin, Shubham Jaiswal. On Saturday, a team from the Lucknow zonal office reached the residential office of his chartered accountant, Vishnu Agrawal, located in Annapurna Nagar Colony.
The premises were sealed during the search, with security personnel deployed outside, and no entry a...