Darjeeling hills continued to be on the boil on Sunday following several rounds of clashes between police and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists spearheading the movement for separate Gorkhaland state.
The epicentre of the clashes was Sukna, about 12 km from Siliguri, where clashes broke out on Saturday after police disallowed a GJM rally. On Sunday, GJM supporters, alleging police atrocities, took out rallies throughout the hills.
Police had stopped the Saturday rally as activists were carrying khukris, the traditional Gorkha knives, leading to clashes, during which police used water cannons, tear gas shells to disperse the mob. Two Gorkhaland supporters were critically injured.
Tension also broke out at Jaigaon in Alipurduar district where Gorkhaland supporters clashed with police at two places in which one policeman and five agitators were injured.
Rohit Thapa, GJM’s organising secretary in the Dooars, said that on Sunday they had planned a rally at Jaigaon as part of global Gorkhaland unity march. “But police did not allow us,” he said.
At Jaigaon, Gorkhaland supporters broke barricades at two places and clashed with police.
Authorities are now concerned over the spread of the Gorkhaland movement to the plains in Terai and Dooars regions, where it is likely to face stiff opposition from anti-Gorkhaland forces and parties.
Source:-Hindustantimes
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The epicentre of the clashes was Sukna, about 12 km from Siliguri, where clashes broke out on Saturday after police disallowed a GJM rally. On Sunday, GJM supporters, alleging police atrocities, took out rallies throughout the hills.
Police had stopped the Saturday rally as activists were carrying khukris, the traditional Gorkha knives, leading to clashes, during which police used water cannons, tear gas shells to disperse the mob. Two Gorkhaland supporters were critically injured.
Tension also broke out at Jaigaon in Alipurduar district where Gorkhaland supporters clashed with police at two places in which one policeman and five agitators were injured.
Rohit Thapa, GJM’s organising secretary in the Dooars, said that on Sunday they had planned a rally at Jaigaon as part of global Gorkhaland unity march. “But police did not allow us,” he said.
At Jaigaon, Gorkhaland supporters broke barricades at two places and clashed with police.
Authorities are now concerned over the spread of the Gorkhaland movement to the plains in Terai and Dooars regions, where it is likely to face stiff opposition from anti-Gorkhaland forces and parties.
Source:-Hindustantimes
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