Madan tamang murder accused gets bail

The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted bail to Subash Tamang, one of the accused in the Madan Tamang murder case but rejected the bail of three others — Asish Tamang, Dipen Malea and Sudesh Raimajhi — on the ground that there were sufficient evidence against them in the case diary.

Madan Tamang, president of All India Gorkha League, was hacked to death in broad daylight on May 21, 2010 at Darjeeling Mall.

Subash, who was arrested by CID on June 3, had got a bullet injury in his leg at the time of the murder. His counsel, Sudipta Mitra, however told the court that Subhash had gone to the Mall to buy medicines when the security guard of the Gorkha leader started firing indiscriminately as a result of which he was hit by a bullet.

Mitra said that no eye witnesses stated about his presence at the place of occurrence during the killing at Mall.

After going through the case diary the Division Bench of Justice Ashim Kumar Roy and Justice Shukla Kabir (Singha) granted him bail on the ground that there was no sufficient material against him.

But the Division Bench rejected the bail petitions of other three on the ground that there was sufficient material in the case diary. The bench said that several eyewitnesses have stated about the presence of Asish, Sudesh and Dipen at the time of the incident.

The Division Bench also directed the CBI, which is currently probing the case, to complete its investigation as soon as possible. The prime accused in the case, Nicol Tamang, is still absconding after he escaped from the CID custody in August 2010.

ENS