Gorkhaland stir: Home Guard set on fire in Darjeeling
- 5 years ago
NewsX: A home guard was set on fire in Darjeeling town on Friday where incidents of arson were reported on the eve of the indefinite bandh called in the hills to demand a separate state of Gorkhaland on the lines of Telangana.
The home guard was set on fire at Prakriyathong by unidentified people, police said, adding he was hospitalised.
A forest bungalow at Takdha, where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had put up during a visit to Darjeeling on January 9 this year was burnt down on Thursday night, the sources said.
A truck and a SUV were torched at Mongpo, while police booths, which were not in use at Ranglirangliyat and Rangamancha, were set ablaze on Thursday night, the sources said.
GJM General Secretary Roshan Giri, who left for Delhi as the head of a six-member team, told reporters before his departure that the GJM was not responsible for the incidents of arson and put the blame on opposition parties in the hills.
He said that the indefinite bandh could be relaxed for a day or two for which GJM President Bimal Gurung would be consulted.
Superintendent of Police Kunal Agarwal said that one company of the CRPF arrived yesterday and four more battalions would arrive in the hills.
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The home guard was set on fire at Prakriyathong by unidentified people, police said, adding he was hospitalised.
A forest bungalow at Takdha, where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had put up during a visit to Darjeeling on January 9 this year was burnt down on Thursday night, the sources said.
A truck and a SUV were torched at Mongpo, while police booths, which were not in use at Ranglirangliyat and Rangamancha, were set ablaze on Thursday night, the sources said.
GJM General Secretary Roshan Giri, who left for Delhi as the head of a six-member team, told reporters before his departure that the GJM was not responsible for the incidents of arson and put the blame on opposition parties in the hills.
He said that the indefinite bandh could be relaxed for a day or two for which GJM President Bimal Gurung would be consulted.
Superintendent of Police Kunal Agarwal said that one company of the CRPF arrived yesterday and four more battalions would arrive in the hills.
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