ED Summons YouTuber Elvish Yadav In Money Laundering Case

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sent a fresh summons to YouTuber Elvish Yadav who has been accused in a snake venom party case, and has called him for questioning on July 23. The probe agency had filed a money laundering case against YouTuber Siddharth Yadav alias Elvish Yadav and some others under the charge of suspected use of snake venom as a recreational drug in parties he hosted.

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Enforcement Directorate (ED)

The central agency has pressed charges under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after taking cognizance of an FIR and charge sheet filed by the Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida) district police in Uttar Pradesh last month against him and others linked to him.

The alleged generation of proceeds of crime and use of illicit funds for organizing rave or recreational parties is under the scanner of the ED. Yadav and some others linked to the case will be questioned as part of the investigation, the sources said.

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Past case on YouTuber 

The 26-year-old YouTuber, also the winner of the reality show Bigg Boss OTT 2, was booked under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, Wildlife Protection Act, and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) by the Noida police.

Yadav was among the six people named in an FIR lodged at Noida’s Sector 49 Police Station on November 3 last year on a complaint from a representative of animal rights NGO People for Animals (PFA). The five other accused, all snake charmers, were arrested in November and were later let out on bail by a local court.

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Elvish Yadav

The five snake charmers were arrested from a banquet hall in Noida on November 3 last year and nine snakes, including five cobras, were rescued from their possession, while 20 ml of suspected snake venom was also seized. According to police, Yadav was not present at the banquet hall then. In April, the Noida Police filed an over 1,200-page charge sheet in the case. The charges included snake trafficking, use of psychotropic substances, and organizing rave parties, the police had said.

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