LUCKNOW, June 16 -- The Uttar Pradesh Police have registered a fresh criminal case against alleged codeine-based cough syrup trafficking kingpin Shubham Jaiswal and his two close associates for allegedly remaining absconding and failing to comply with court orders in an NDPS-linked case being investigated by the Special Task Force (STF), officials informed on Tuesday.

According to an FIR lodged at Sushant Golf City police station on Monday, STF inspector Anjani Kumar Pandey, the investigating officer in a high-profile narcotics and fraud case, accused Shubham Jaiswal, believed to be staying in Dubai, along with Varun Singh and Gaurav Jaiswal, of evading arrest despite the issuance of non-bailable warrants and a court proclamation directi...