-Property worth crores has been acquired by accused Bhola Prasad Jaiswal.

Sonbhadra. The court of the local Chief Judicial Magistrate on Friday issued a notice for the attachment of property worth about Rs 30 crore acquired by the accused Bhola Prasad Jaiswal from smuggling of banned cough syrup in the famous case of smuggling of cough syrup containing codeine in Uttar Pradesh.

Superintendent of Police Abhishek Verma said on Friday that during the investigation of cough syrup smuggling containing codeine, the fact came to light that fake documents were used in obtaining the warehouse license and drug license of accused Bhola Prasad’s Ranchi, Jharkhand based firm Me Shelly Traders. He told that on the basis of the said fake license, the accused established fake firms in many districts of Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh and showed the supply of cough syrup containing codeine. During investigation, it was found that the accused had earned huge amount of illegal money by committing organized crime, through which he bought expensive houses, vehicles and deposited huge amount of money in various banks through fixed deposits etc. He said that in the investigation so far, information has been received that the accused has acquired property worth an estimated Rs 30 crore from the illegal business of cough syrup.

SP said that in view of the new laws, under Section 107 BNSS, a notice was issued by SIT Sonbhadra for confiscation of the property acquired by Bhola Prasad after sending a report to the court. He said that the notice was served on the accused. He said that proceedings have been initiated to confiscate the identified properties of the accused. The SP said that after getting information about other properties of the accused, action will be taken to confiscate them also.