Siliguri: Bengal director-general of police Surajit Kar
Purkayastha said on Wednesday that Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president
Bimal Gurung and some of his associates had links with Northeast-based
militant groups and Maoists.
The DGP said the police raid on a
jungle camp allegedly housing Gurung and his associates on the banks of
the Little Rangeet river on Friday morning was "successful" as a huge
cache of arms had been seized.
"The operation carried out a few
days ago, which led to the death of one of our young and brave officers,
was successful. A huge cache of firearms and other items were
recovered. We already had information about the links of Gurung and
others with Northeast-based insurgents and Maoists. Now, it has been
proved again. Some outsiders, anti-nationals, are also involved in
this," he said at Bagdogra before leaving for Calcutta after a two-day
tour of the hills.
Purkayastha said the police had identified all those who were with the Morcha chief.
Source: The Telegraph
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