Jayanta and Manik are the fictional detective characters created by Indian Bengali novelist Hemendra Kumar Roy.
[1][2] Roy wrote a number of stories of Jayanta-Manik which are considered as one of the most popular children's literature in Bengal.
[3][4] Jayanta and his friend cum assistant Manik alias Maniklal are amateur detectives who live in Kolkata.
[4][6] Jayanta follows the latest science techniques like hypnotism, fingerprint theory to solve the cases.
Jayanta likes playing the flute and taking snuff in his offtime.