Friday 29 January 2016

How opium, fake currency and illegal arms trade is turning Malda into India’s Afghanistan

SOURCE: INDIA TODAY Not long ago, paddy used to be main crop for farmers in Malda. Now, poppy has taken it place. Every year, in February and March, farmers lance the poppy capsule and opium oozes from the vast fields of the region. In pics Opium farming is the engine of Malda’s economy. But it […]

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