Toxic Cough Syrup Scandal: Big revelation in UPSTF investigation, drug license taken with fake experience certificate, now drug inspectors will be blamed.
Lucknow. As the investigation of UP STF is progressing, a big fraud related to the illegal business of Toxic Cough Syrup Scandal is coming to light. To obtain Drug License (DL), the gang used fake experience certificates of Amit Singh Tata, dismissed constable Alok Pratap Singh and claimed to have worked at a medical store in Varanasi for two years, while investigation has revealed that the accused never went there. Apart from this, the record of working in Dhanbad for six months was shown, but investigation revealed that he was present there only for two days. This fraud done in papers is going to be a big problem for the accused.
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STF investigating officer said that the person in whose name the IG license is issued. It is mandatory for him to sit at the shop and have the signature of the owner on the bill. The name of the signatory is registered in the absence of the owner, but this network did business worth crores of rupees by using fake signatures. Investigation has revealed that many licenses were made in the name of the people of the village, while the operation was with the gang. Earlier this work was done through mules, but in the year 2024, accused Amit Singh Tata and dismissed constable Alok Pratap Singh formed a company in their own name. Went to Dhanbad and took the license and got the photographs taken and completed the documents. The address of Dhanbad also turned out to be fake, which is near the border of West Bengal.
Servants were made super stockists
Shubham Jaiswal made Alok and Amit ‘Tata’ stockists in Varanasi and Dhanbad. Shaili and Vibhor Rana came forward as super stockists. Shubham Jaiswal sold syrup from his firm to his own people. After Vibhor went to jail in the year 2022, super stockists were created in the name of his servants in Uttarakhand. These stockists did not sell the goods to any retailer, but supplied the syrup within their own network. Abhishek Sharma of New Delhi purchased goods from 65 stockists of Uttarakhand and prepared fake records of sales in different cities. This sale was shown only on paper. IG licenses were also made in the names of many of Shubham’s family members and fake signatures were put on bills worth crores. No accused has got stay in the STF case. The investigating agencies are now busy unraveling the layers of this entire network. This revelation shows how illegal business worth crores was done by obtaining drug licenses through fake documents and the network cheated the entire system by taking advantage of legal loopholes.
STF asked for details from GST
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To corner the accused, UP STF has sought from GST the details of the firms of the accused, the firms with which they did business and details of the bank accounts linked to their firms. The six accused arrested so far in this case, Amit Singh Tata, dismissed constable Alok Pratap Singh, Rana brothers Viddhu and Sachin Tyagi, have a bail hearing on December 6. STF is keeping a tight vigil against the bail of the accused.
FSDA will tighten its grip on assistant commissioners and drug inspectors
After making several arrests in the smuggling of banned codeine-containing cough syrup in UP, NIA teams are now preparing to tighten the noose on the assistant commissioners and drug inspectors of the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) department. The role of Assistant Commissioners and Drug Inspectors is under suspicion as during the investigation it was revealed that many firms operated only on paper. The reason is that despite it being mandatory to physically verify the address before issuing the license, fraud has taken place. In such a situation, investigation has been started against officers of both the ranks posted in Banaras in the last six years. According to sources, three Assistant Commissioners and five Drug Inspectors have been posted in Banar for different periods from 2019 till now. During the same period, 89 licenses for bulk medicine were issued. Cough syrup smuggling kingpin Shubham Jaiswal’s father Bhola Prasad’s Ranchi-based firm Shauli Traders supplied it to the firms, where huts and general stores were found at the addresses registered on their licenses. According to sources, action will be taken soon after deciding on the reports of which Assistant Commissioners and Drug Inspectors the licenses were issued to the bogus firms.
Vikas Singh alias ‘Narve’, the main mastermind of the poisonous cough syrup scandal, is still absconding.
Despite the UP STF cracking down on the interstate and international gang involved in administering cough drops containing codeine, a person considered to be an important link in the network is still out of reach. This person is Vikas Singh alias ‘Narve’, whom the investigating agency is calling the organizational link of the entire network. According to sources related to the investigation, every major accused of the gang has taken the name of Vikas Singh in Kurulachh. These include Jaunpur resident Amit Kumar Singh alias Amit ‘Tata, dismissed constable Alok Pratap Singh of Chandauli and Bhola Natha Jaiswal, father of contract kingpin Shubham Jaiswal. During interrogation, it was revealed that his link with Shubham Jaiswal was through Vikas Singh. Vikas is said to be a resident of Narve village of Azamgarh. His name also came up during the interrogation of Shubham Jaiswal’s family. According to sources, Vikas Singh used to connect suppliers, financiers and transporters. He introduced many smugglers and strengthened the chain of illegal buying and selling of drugs. However, till now STF has not been able to get any information about any firm of Vikas Singh. STF hopes that while investigating the B firms, the names of other people associated with the network will come to light.
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