Kalighat Police Bust Illicit Liquor Brewing in Talbagan Forest, Destroys 1,025 Litres of Lahan

Diglipur | January 22, 2026

The Kalighat Police on twentieth January 2026, busted a bootleg liquor brewing operation within the dense forest space close to Talbagan village and destroyed over 1,000 litres of fermented wash (lahan) throughout a particular operation.

Acting on particular intelligence inputs about unlawful liquor brewing forward of the forthcoming Laxmi Narayan Mela, a police staff from Police Station Kalighat was mobilised beneath the supervision of the Station House Officer. The staff carried out an in depth search operation within the forest space, masking almost 5 sq. kilometres over a interval of about 5 to 6 hours.

During the operation, police detected two hid brewing websites deep contained in the forest. From the primary location, round 465 litres of lahan saved in iron tins, plastic gallons and buckets had been recovered. At the second web site, roughly 560 litres of lahan had been discovered saved in comparable containers. In complete, about 1,025 litres of illicit lahan had been recovered.

No people had been discovered at both location, and no claimant got here ahead. As per authorized process, your entire amount of lahan together with the storage containers was destroyed on the spot after finishing needed documentation.

The Forest Department has been knowledgeable and requested to maintain enhanced surveillance in and across the forest space to stop recurrence of such unlawful actions.

Police have appealed to most of the people to share any data associated to crime or unlawful actions with the closest police station or by way of emergency numbers 100, 112, or 03192-273344. The identification of informers might be saved confidential, police mentioned.