Overview

• The Enforcement Directorate searched at least four sites in West Tripura and Sepahijala, according to a Tripura Police source.
• Homes linked to Mihir Debnath, Paritosh Bhowmik, Swarup Banik, CPI(M) leader and former deputy speaker Pabitra Kar, and Haradhan Baidya were searched.
• CRPF personnel supported the ED teams during the operations.
• A panchanama from the search of Mihir Debnath’s Agartala residence recorded a thorough search and no items seized.
• No official statement was released by the ED, and CPI(M) did not comment, while prior ED actions in these districts in January 2025 and December 2022 led to seizures and chargesheets tied to drug-trafficking probes.