Jayanta-Manik

Jayanta and Manik are the fictional detective characters created by Bengali novelist Hemendra Kumar Roy. Roy wrote number of detective fictions of Jayanta-Manik which is considered one of the most popular children's literature in Bengal.
Character.
"Jayanta" and his friend cum assistant "Manik" alias Maniklal are amateur detective of Kolkata. They solve mysteries privately and help police to track down real culprit. Both are nationalistic, courageous and intelligent. Police inspector "Sundar Babu" very often takes help of those detective duos. Sundar Babu is bit comical and foody. Jayanta follows latest science technic like hypnotism, fingerprint theory to solve the cases. Jayanta has habit of playing with flute and taking snuff in his off time.