Police registered FIR against senior GJMM leaders

DARJEELING: Faced with widespread criticism for their alleged inaction, police on Saturday registered cases against Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung, his wife and 11 senior GJM leaders for alleged involvement in Friday's murder of Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League president Madan Tamang in Darjeeling.

The police swung into action on the basis of an FIR lodged by ABGL general secretary Laxman Pradhan against GJM top brass a few hours after Tamang's assassination. In the FIR he had named Gurung, his wife, Asha, GJM general secretary Roshan Giri, GJM central committee members Harka Bahadur Chhetri, Pradeep Pradhan and Benoy Tamang, and Gorkhaland Personnel (GLP) chief Col (Rtd) Ramesh Allay as "conspirators." GLP is GJM's police wing.

In the FIR, Pradhan also named GJM's sub-divisional leaders, Dinesh Gurung, Puran Thami and Tenzing Khambachay, Gorkha Janmukti Yuva Morcha chief Alok Kant Thulung and Gorkha Janmukti Vidyarthi Morcha leaders, Kismat Chhetri and Keshavraj Pokhrel as the ones who carried out the murder.

"We've registered cases under Sections 120B and 302 of IPC against the persons named in the FIR. So far, we've detained 45 people in connection with the murder," North Bengal IGP Kundan Lal Tamta said.

Source: The Times of India