Guwahati: Suhas Chakma, Director of the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG), has warned that Myanmar, India, and Bangladesh have effectively become the “New Golden Triangle” for drug trafficking, urging Indian authorities not to take lightly the alleged involvement of Bangladesh’s Parbattya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) in the illegal trade.
Suhas Chakma, in a social media post on Wednesday, cautioned that Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma and Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha would be ignoring the alleged involvement of the Parbattya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) in drug trafficking “at their own peril.”
He noted that the PCJSS supremo, Jyotirindra Bodhipriyo Larma, also known as Santu Larma, heads the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council — a legally constituted local government body under what Chakma described as “one of the most hostile governments to India,” referring to the interim government of Bangladesh led by Dr. Muhammad Yunus.
“The main risks from the failed states are terrorism, arms smuggling, drug smuggling and human trafficking. Burma, a classic failed State, was infamous for the Golden Triangle comprising parts of Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar. Today, Myanmar, India and Bangladesh have become the New Golden Triangle. Infamous drug lord of the Golden Triangle Khun Sa is no longer alive but surely, foreign armed groups’ involvement in drug trafficking in India poses the most serious threat,” Suhas Chakma said.
The Gauhati High Court, in a judgment dated September 5, 2024, had identified the PCJSS as a terrorist organisation in connection with a 2013 arms seizure case investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Recent reports point to the outfit’s alleged continued involvement in smuggling activities. On October 18, 2025, Bangladeshi security forces seized 150 cartons of Burmese cigarettes, 90 bottles of country liquor, and two pistols linked to the PCJSS, following a tip-off from a social media post. Earlier, on June 19, 2025, the Assam Rifles recovered drugs worth Rs 10 crore allegedly belonging to the group in Lunglei, Mizoram.
Chakma also highlighted a worrying rise in drug-related cases involving members of the Chakma community in Mizoram since 2024, with at least six cases registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in Lunglei District and Sessions Court.
He, however, noted that direct links between the accused and the PCJSS may be difficult to establish, as “couriers often have no knowledge of the cartels they work for.”
Mizoram and Tripura, Chakma said, are “flooded with drugs” and struggling to contain the crisis. Mizoram, in particular, has become a key entry point for narcotics from Myanmar, with the state’s Excise and Narcotics Department registering 87 cases and arresting 112 individuals in Champhai district alone between January and September 2025.
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“Drugs kill without discrimination, destroying the youth — the future of our country,” Chakma warned. “When a foreign armed group like the PCJSS, enjoying political power under a hostile government in Bangladesh, engages in smuggling everything from drugs to cosmetics, India cannot afford to deal with it through routine approaches,” he added.
