Darjeeling: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) will hold a public meeting here on June 7 where party leaders are expected to talk about the implication of almost the entire top rung of its leadership in the Madan Tamang murder case by the CBI on Friday.
Morcha chief Bimal Gurung and 22 others have been charged with murder, criminal conspiracy and rioting.
Today, Morcha rival CPRM held a public meeting at Chowk Bazar here where the party leaders said they wanted the "guilty to be punished".
According to sources, the Morcha, which has appealed for peace in the hills and said it was ready for challenges, has sent Darjeeling MLA Trilok Dewan, Kurseong MLA Rohit Sharma, Darjeeling civic chief Amar Singh Rai and Kurseong civic chief Samirdeep Blone to Delhi to consult legal experts regarding the case. Elected GTA Sabha member Tilak Chand Roka has been sent to Calcutta for a similar purpose, sources said. None of them were named in the chargesheet.
Morcha assistant secretary Binay Tamang, whose name figures in the CBI chargesheet, said: "The party will organise a massive public meeting at Darjeeling Motor Stand on June 7. Our supporters from the 20 frontal organisations of the party will attend the meeting along with our party workers from the Terai and Dooars." Asked about the agenda of the meeting, he said: "You will come to know on that day."
He added: "Law will take its own course. We believe that all those who have been chargesheeted are innocent. We have full faith in the judiciary and we only want the investigation to be fair. This situation has come when we are very close to achieving Gorkhaland. Nevertheless, we are ready to face this challenge."
So far, 54 Morcha activists, including eight women, have been named in the CID and CBI chargesheets.
Babita Ganguly and Sona Sherpa were named in the CID chargesheet of 2010, in which total 30 people were named. Friday's chargesheet named Bimal Gurung's wife Asha Gurung, who is an elected GTA Sabha member, Urmila Rumba, another GTA sabha member and a former lecturer of a Darjeeling college, Sushma Rai, Darjeeling municipality councillor and Morcha activists Sandhya Gurung, Mamta Rai and Kavita Dahal.
Madan Tamang, the chief of the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League, was hacked to death in Darjeeling on May 21, 2010, while overseeing preparations of a meeting. When he was assassinated, the ABGL, the most vocal critic of the Morcha in the hills, had alleged that Gurung's party was compromising on the statehood demand.
Soon after the murder, one of the key accused, Nickol Tamang, escaped from CID custody in Pintail Village near Siliguri on August 22, 2010. Next year, the Calcutta High Court transferred the case to the CBI. In its supplementary chargesheet, the CBI added the name of elected GTA Sabha member Dipen Mallay.
Of the 31 named in the CBI and CID chargesheets, Dinesh Subba is untraceable, while Dil Kumar Rai was found murdered near Darjeeling on December 28, 2011. Sangay Yolmo is bed-ridden. He was hit by a bullet during a clash on the day Madan Tamang was assassinated. The rest are out on bail.
As the CBI was investigating the case, Madan Tamang's wife Bharati Tamang had moved the Supreme Court demanding that the probe be handed over to the NIA or any other agency. She had alleged that the CBI was acting in a partisan manner.
On October 8, 2013, the Supreme Court had transferred the hearing to Calcutta.
Today, at the CPRM meeting at Chowk Bazar, party spokesperson Govind Chhetri said: "We want those who are guilty to be punished. On the other hand, the general public should not be harassed in the name of conducting raids."
Source: Telegraph
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| Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) public meeting in the past - file photo |
Today, Morcha rival CPRM held a public meeting at Chowk Bazar here where the party leaders said they wanted the "guilty to be punished".
According to sources, the Morcha, which has appealed for peace in the hills and said it was ready for challenges, has sent Darjeeling MLA Trilok Dewan, Kurseong MLA Rohit Sharma, Darjeeling civic chief Amar Singh Rai and Kurseong civic chief Samirdeep Blone to Delhi to consult legal experts regarding the case. Elected GTA Sabha member Tilak Chand Roka has been sent to Calcutta for a similar purpose, sources said. None of them were named in the chargesheet.
Morcha assistant secretary Binay Tamang, whose name figures in the CBI chargesheet, said: "The party will organise a massive public meeting at Darjeeling Motor Stand on June 7. Our supporters from the 20 frontal organisations of the party will attend the meeting along with our party workers from the Terai and Dooars." Asked about the agenda of the meeting, he said: "You will come to know on that day."
He added: "Law will take its own course. We believe that all those who have been chargesheeted are innocent. We have full faith in the judiciary and we only want the investigation to be fair. This situation has come when we are very close to achieving Gorkhaland. Nevertheless, we are ready to face this challenge."
So far, 54 Morcha activists, including eight women, have been named in the CID and CBI chargesheets.
Babita Ganguly and Sona Sherpa were named in the CID chargesheet of 2010, in which total 30 people were named. Friday's chargesheet named Bimal Gurung's wife Asha Gurung, who is an elected GTA Sabha member, Urmila Rumba, another GTA sabha member and a former lecturer of a Darjeeling college, Sushma Rai, Darjeeling municipality councillor and Morcha activists Sandhya Gurung, Mamta Rai and Kavita Dahal.
Madan Tamang, the chief of the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League, was hacked to death in Darjeeling on May 21, 2010, while overseeing preparations of a meeting. When he was assassinated, the ABGL, the most vocal critic of the Morcha in the hills, had alleged that Gurung's party was compromising on the statehood demand.
Soon after the murder, one of the key accused, Nickol Tamang, escaped from CID custody in Pintail Village near Siliguri on August 22, 2010. Next year, the Calcutta High Court transferred the case to the CBI. In its supplementary chargesheet, the CBI added the name of elected GTA Sabha member Dipen Mallay.
Of the 31 named in the CBI and CID chargesheets, Dinesh Subba is untraceable, while Dil Kumar Rai was found murdered near Darjeeling on December 28, 2011. Sangay Yolmo is bed-ridden. He was hit by a bullet during a clash on the day Madan Tamang was assassinated. The rest are out on bail.
As the CBI was investigating the case, Madan Tamang's wife Bharati Tamang had moved the Supreme Court demanding that the probe be handed over to the NIA or any other agency. She had alleged that the CBI was acting in a partisan manner.
On October 8, 2013, the Supreme Court had transferred the hearing to Calcutta.
Today, at the CPRM meeting at Chowk Bazar, party spokesperson Govind Chhetri said: "We want those who are guilty to be punished. On the other hand, the general public should not be harassed in the name of conducting raids."
Source: Telegraph
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