Darjeeling, April 17: Two members
of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha who were arrested yesterday for allegedly
vandalising the house of GNLF leader Bhanu Lama were set free today
though they have been charged under non-bailable sections.
Pema Pradhan, 40,
and Vikram Sherpa, 37, were arrested last night and they were granted
bail today by the chief judicial magistrate’s court in Darjeeling.
Lama, who had
represented Peshok-Lopchu seat in the DGHC, filed an FIR with the police
yesterday, alleging that 25-30 men and women had raided his apartment
situated along Dr Zakhir Hussian Road without any provocation.
The GNLF leader,
who had been inactive for the past four years, named three Morcha
workers in the FIR. They were Pradhan, Tilak Chhetri, the Gorkha
Janmukti Yuva Morcha president of Darjeeling town, and Deepak Thapa. The
law enforcers said Chhetri and Thapa were absconding.
The arrested duo
were booked under various sections of the IPC for vandalism, mischief
and damaging property along with a non-bailable section of 379 for
theft. “The mob had taken away working tools of the carpenters
renovating the flat,” said a police officer.
Minutes before
raiding Lama’s flat around 12.45pm, the same mob allegedly assaulted
Deepak Gurung, the former president of the GNLF Darjeeling branch
committee, in front of his house.
The Telegraph
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