Darjeeling, Aug 3 : An indefinite bandh called by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) began in West Bengal's Darjeeling hills on Saturday in demand of a separate Gorkhaland state.
Normal life was hit across the hills with the closure of shops, markets, schools, colleges, government and private offices, banks and post offices.
The roads spotted a deserted look as all vehicles remained off them since Saturday morning.
The strike began at 6 am and so far there was no report of violence.
On the eve of the shutdown, a police post was torched injuring two Home Guard (HG) jawans and a government owned guest house was set on fire by alleged Gorkha activists on Friday, at a time when four companies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were deployed in Darjeeling anticipating violent movements for Gorkha statehood.
Superintendent of Police Kunal Agarwal said eight people were arrested including a GJM activist and charged with setting off the police outpost on fire at Pokhribong under Kurseong sub-division.
Some miscreants came in disguise with a request to file a complaint. Instead, they poured kerosene and lighted up the wooden outpost injuring two HG personnel on duty.
A government guest house, which was unveiled by West Bengal Chief Minster Mamata Banerjee at Takdah on Jan 9 under the Darjeeling Sadar police station, was torched in the wee hours on Friday by the GJM activists.
--IBNS
Normal life was hit across the hills with the closure of shops, markets, schools, colleges, government and private offices, banks and post offices.
The roads spotted a deserted look as all vehicles remained off them since Saturday morning.
The strike began at 6 am and so far there was no report of violence.
On the eve of the shutdown, a police post was torched injuring two Home Guard (HG) jawans and a government owned guest house was set on fire by alleged Gorkha activists on Friday, at a time when four companies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were deployed in Darjeeling anticipating violent movements for Gorkha statehood.
Superintendent of Police Kunal Agarwal said eight people were arrested including a GJM activist and charged with setting off the police outpost on fire at Pokhribong under Kurseong sub-division.
Some miscreants came in disguise with a request to file a complaint. Instead, they poured kerosene and lighted up the wooden outpost injuring two HG personnel on duty.
A government guest house, which was unveiled by West Bengal Chief Minster Mamata Banerjee at Takdah on Jan 9 under the Darjeeling Sadar police station, was torched in the wee hours on Friday by the GJM activists.
--IBNS
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