The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday morning conducted searches across three states in connection with an illegal cough syrup smuggling case.

Raids are being held at 25 premises associated with the main accused Shubham Jaiswal and his associates Alok Singh, Amit Singh, other cough syrup manufacturers who allegedly supplied stock for illegal trade, and chartered accountant Vishnu Aggarwal, in Lucknow, Varanasi, Jaunpur and Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, Ranchi in Jharkhand, and Ahmedabad in Gujarat.

Searches had started around 7:30 am.

According to ED sources, an ECIR was recorded on the basis of more than 30 FIRs registered in the last two months in various districts of Uttar Pradesh, including Lucknow, Varanasi, Sonbhadra, Saharanpur and Ghaziabad, in connection with illegal stocki

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