Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Two Held, Four Pipe Guns Seized Near Bangladesh Border
Police in Malda arrested two people near the Bangladesh border.
The arrests happened at Naldahari on Sunday evening.
Police said the men were carrying bags and behaving suspiciously.
Officers searched the bags and found four pipe guns.
The men live in an area near the border.
Police suspect the guns may have been intended for smuggling into Bangladesh.
In a separate case, another man was arrested nearby.
Police said he had brown sugar worth nearly ₹2 crore.
Police arrested Subarna Mandal alias Bubai and Dipankar Mandal in Malda.
Four pipe guns were allegedly recovered from their bags at Naldahari.
Police said the pair were moving suspiciously near the Bangladesh border.
Malda SP Anupam Singh said they may have planned to smuggle the guns into Bangladesh.
In a separate case, Anjul Sheikh was arrested with brown sugar worth nearly ₹2 crore.
- Who
- Subarna Mandal alias Bubai and Dipankar Mandal were arrested over the alleged possession of four pipe guns; Anjul Sheikh was separately arrested in a brown-sugar case.
- What
- Police seized four pipe guns and, in a separate incident, brown sugar valued at nearly ₹2 crore.
- When
- The two men were arrested on Sunday evening; Anjul Sheikh was taken into custody on Monday night.
- Where
- Naldahari and other areas near the Bangladesh border in Malda district, West Bengal.
- Why
- Police suspect the two men intended to smuggle the firearms into Bangladesh.
- Firearms seized
- Four pipe guns
- Primary arrests
- Subarna Mandal alias Bubai and Dipankar Mandal
- Arrest location
- Naldahari, under the Golapganj investigation centre of Kaliachak police station
- Police official quoted
- Anupam Singh, Superintendent of Police, Malda
- Separate arrest
- Anjul Sheikh
- Brown sugar value
- Nearly ₹2 crore
- Border
- Bangladesh border