Shimla, April 18 -- Police on Friday arrested a 33-year-old State Bank of India (SBI) loan manager for his alleged involvement in an inter-state drug trafficking network.

The accused, Tarun Thakur, a resident of Chogtali village in Sirmaur, was posted as a loan manager and field officer at the SBI branch in Rohru. His arrest follows the establishment of backward linkages during a narcotics investigation that originally began with a case registered in Jubbal on February 10.

Police investigation revealed that Thakur was actively involved in the purchase and sale of chitta (heroin). The police uncovered online financial transactions between Thakur and the syndicate's primary supplier, Lukas (alias Lucky), a resident of Amritsar, which conf...