The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against 'YouTuber' Siddharth Yadav alias Elvish Yadav and some others for suspected use of snake venom as an intoxicant at parties.
Official sources gave this information on Saturday. The central agency has registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after taking cognizance of an FIR and charge sheet filed against Elvish and others linked to him by the Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida) district police in Uttar Pradesh last month.
Sources said that during the investigation, Yadav and some other people related to the case will be interrogated. Noida Police had arrested Yadav on March 17 in connection with the investigation into the use of snake venom as an intoxicant at parties allegedly organized by Yadav.
Noida Police has registered a case against Yadav (26), winner of the 'reality show' – 'Bigg Boss OTT-2', under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, Wildlife Protection Act and Indian Penal Code (IPC). Case was registered.
Yadav was among the six people named in the FIR lodged at Sector 49 police station in Noida on November 3 last year on the complaint of a representative of animal rights NGO 'People for Animals' (PFA).
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