Overview
- A joint Jalpaiguri police and Sashastra Seema Bal operation raided a rented house in Nagrakata on Wednesday night after Special Task Force intelligence prompted days of surveillance.
- Officers recovered about 67 grams of raw material and equipment used to make brown sugar after SSB sniffer dogs searched the premises.
- Investigators also seized roughly Rs 8.39 lakh in cash and several counterfeit banknotes during the operation.
- Two men were arrested at the scene: the teacher identified as Ranjit Sikdar and an associate reported variously as Dheeraj Mahato or Biraj Mahato, and police have applied for their remand for further questioning.
- Police say the teacher has a prior drug-related jail term and that investigators will examine whether the home operation links to a wider gang, with the accused to be produced before the district court.