Kolkata, Feb. 13 -- Tension gripped the Sahebganj police station area in Dinhata of Cooch Behar on Friday after police seized a large quantity of banned cough syrup and arrested a local BJP leader on charges of trafficking.
According to police sources, 79 bottles of the banned cough syrup 'Phensedyl' were recovered from Sahebganj on Thursday night.
One person, identified as Sukumar Barman, was arrested in connection with the seizure. He is a resident of Shilduar in Sitai.
Local sources claimed that the arrested individual is the president of BJP's No. 1 Mandal committee in the Sitai Assembly constituency.
The Bharatiya Janata Party alleged that he had been falsely implicated ahead of the assembly elections.
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