Two held with 4.5 kg ganja in Raidighi bridge-shop raid
Police raided a shop under the Raidighi bridge in South 24 Parganas and seized about 4.5 kg of ganja, first detaining Rupkumar Mallik and then arresting Trinamool Congress booth president Bhaskar Naskar. The two men were to be produced before a court as police investigated their roles in the alleged supply ring.
🇮🇳 shop under Raidighi bridge, Raidighi, South 24 Parganas · India
On Monday night, police raided a shop under the Raidighi bridge after a secret
tip-off.[1]Officers first detained Rupkumar Mallik at the scene.[1]Police
then arrested Naskar as well.[1]Police were preparing to produce both
detained men before a court.[1]
Police said they recovered about 4.5 kg of ganja from the bridge-area shop.[2]The raid came during a Sundarban police district anti-drug drive week that
police said had begun on 30 October.[2]
Naskar had at one time served as a Trinamool Congress booth president.[2]Local Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and some residents praised the prompt
police action.[1]Police said the exact allegation against each man and each
man’s role in the ganja recovery would become clear only after investigation.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The exact calendar date was not stated; 2 November 2026 is inferred as the Monday night before the 4 November 2026 publication, consistent with the 3 November 2026 second report.
The Bartaman Patrika account names only Bhaskar Naskar in the bridge-shop seizure, while the more detailed Naya Bharat account reports two arrests including Rupkumar Mallik; the report uses two arrests.
Bartaman Patrika describes Naskar as a former Trinamool Congress booth president, while Naya Bharat describes him as a booth president; the report uses neutral wording.
The weight is approximate; both sources say about 4.5 kg, so no more precise cannabis quantity can be recorded.
No court outcome, charges filed, or custody decision had been reported at publication; police were preparing to produce the men before a court.
The same Bartaman Patrika article bundles separate enforcement actions left out here: a New Barrackpore Leninagar house search with over 10 kg of ganja, cash and two arrests; a Sunday Raidighi Golpark seizure of about 3 kg of ganja; a Kakdwip seizure of 16 g of heroin-like substance with 97 packets and one woman arrested; and the Sundarban superintendent's total of six arrests in the drive week.
No police valuation, plant count or cultivated area for this Raidighi seizure was published, so no value or other figures are recorded; seized cash and heroin-like weights from other raids are not counted as cannabis.
Only two accessible Bengali sources for this Raidighi seizure were opened; no agency statement was found.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Naya Bharat: Questioning Mallik led police to Bhaskar Naskar of the Kankandighi area, described as a Trinamool Congress booth president involved in the same drug ring.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Naya Bharat: Raidighi is in South 24 Parganas.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Naya Bharat: The case caused a stir in local political circles.
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