A Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha supporter, Akbar Lama, and a petty trader from Chamurchi, Sunil Mandal, died when GJMM supporters clashed with activists of CPI-M, Akhil Bhartiya Adviasi Vikas Parishad and locals in the Dooars of Jalpaiguri district on Saturday.
Another GJMM supporter Sanu Dorjee was gravely injured in the clash and is fighting for his life in a Jalpaiguri hospital.
The clashes erupted during a bandh sponsored by the GJMM in the proposed areas of Gorkhaland, which includes the Dooars, Terai and Siliguri.
While the bandh was total in the Darjeeling Hills and was peaceful, people resisted it on the outskirts of Siliguri and in the Dooars in general, sparking off incidents of violence at Debidanga near Siliguri and the Dooars.
An unspecific number of people were injured in the Dooars clashes and are receiving treatment. A GJMM supporter is being treated in Kurseong hospital for injuries.
The IGP, north Bengal, KL Tamata said 15 police personnel had been injured in Saturday’s hostilities. “Additional police force is being brought in from the neighbouring districts to maintain law and order,” he added.
Jalpaiguri District Magistrate Vandana Yadav said agitators torched over 20 houses and shops at Chamurchi and Birpara.
“The agitators also burnt a number of two-wheelers. Twenty people had been arrested for the violence in Dooars. Section144 of the CrPC has been promulgated at Kalchini, Birpara, Banarhat, Malbazaar and Madarihat blocks and RAF deployed. The situation is now under control,” said Yadav.
Another GJMM supporter Sanu Dorjee was gravely injured in the clash and is fighting for his life in a Jalpaiguri hospital.
The clashes erupted during a bandh sponsored by the GJMM in the proposed areas of Gorkhaland, which includes the Dooars, Terai and Siliguri.
While the bandh was total in the Darjeeling Hills and was peaceful, people resisted it on the outskirts of Siliguri and in the Dooars in general, sparking off incidents of violence at Debidanga near Siliguri and the Dooars.
An unspecific number of people were injured in the Dooars clashes and are receiving treatment. A GJMM supporter is being treated in Kurseong hospital for injuries.
The IGP, north Bengal, KL Tamata said 15 police personnel had been injured in Saturday’s hostilities. “Additional police force is being brought in from the neighbouring districts to maintain law and order,” he added.
Jalpaiguri District Magistrate Vandana Yadav said agitators torched over 20 houses and shops at Chamurchi and Birpara.
“The agitators also burnt a number of two-wheelers. Twenty people had been arrested for the violence in Dooars. Section144 of the CrPC has been promulgated at Kalchini, Birpara, Banarhat, Malbazaar and Madarihat blocks and RAF deployed. The situation is now under control,” said Yadav.
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