Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a money laundering case against popular YouTuber and Bigg Boss 2 OTT winner Elvish Yadav in connection with a case pertaining to the use of snake venom as a recreational drug in parties allegedly hosted by Yadav. The ED has also charged other individuals in the case.
This development comes after an FIR and 1200-page chargesheet were filed by Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida) district police last month. The case has been registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Noida Police arrested Yadav on March 17 in connection with the snake venom case, who was later released on bail. According to media reports, the 26-year-old YouTuber was booked under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, Wildlife Protection Act, and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
On November 3 last year, an FIR was lodged at Noida’s Sector 49 Police Station after a complaint was raised by an animal rights activist who named five more people in (PFA) apart from Elvish Yadav. All of the other five accused in the case were snake charmers who were arrested in November and were later let out on bail by a local court. The police seized nine snakes, including five cobras, from their possession along with 20 ml of suspected snake venom.
The probe agency will soon investigate the alleged financial transactions associated with the supply of snake venom at various locations including big hotels, clubs, resorts, and farmhouses in Delhi-NCR. Elvish will be soon be questioned by the ED.
