Gorkhaland stir: Home Guard set on fire in Darjeeling
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.<br /><br />The home guard was set on fire at Prakriyathong by unidentified people, police said, adding he was hospitalised.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />He said that the indefinite bandh could be relaxed for a day or two for which GJM President Bimal Gurung would be consulted.<br /><br />Superintendent of Police Kunal Agarwal said that one company of the CRPF arrived yesterday and four more battalions would arrive in the hills. <br /><br />--<br /><br />For More information on this news visit : http://www.newsx.com/<br />Connect with us on Social platform at : http://www.facebook.com/newsxonline<br />Subscribe to our YouTube Channel : http://www.youtube.com/newsxlive
