Kalimpong, Oct. 15: Two houses were torched, a Maruti van turned on its side and a motorcycle set ablaze here today, allegedly by supporters of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha reacting to the circulation of pamphlets critical of the party and its leader Bimal Gurung.
The victims were Pratap Khati, the president of the Tarun Gorkha (a wing of the ABGL), and Basant Singh, a suspended Morcha leader.
In separate complaints lodged with Kalimpong police, Khati’s sister and Singh’s wife have held the local Morcha leadership responsible for the incidents. Singh, who was the first target, alleged that hordes of Morcha supporters raided his 10th Mile house when neither he nor his ailing wife was present. “They destroyed my computers and even looted my wife’s gold ornaments and cash. They also took away the insurance papers,” he said.
The mob also torched his motorcycle that was parked on the road. “Ever since my three-month suspension from the party, I have been keeping a low profile. Is this Gandhibadi?” Singh asked.
Khati, too, was away when his house was targeted. The attackers pelted his house with stones that smashed the windowpanes. They also turned his Maruti van on its side.
The victims were Pratap Khati, the president of the Tarun Gorkha (a wing of the ABGL), and Basant Singh, a suspended Morcha leader.
In separate complaints lodged with Kalimpong police, Khati’s sister and Singh’s wife have held the local Morcha leadership responsible for the incidents. Singh, who was the first target, alleged that hordes of Morcha supporters raided his 10th Mile house when neither he nor his ailing wife was present. “They destroyed my computers and even looted my wife’s gold ornaments and cash. They also took away the insurance papers,” he said.
The mob also torched his motorcycle that was parked on the road. “Ever since my three-month suspension from the party, I have been keeping a low profile. Is this Gandhibadi?” Singh asked.
Khati, too, was away when his house was targeted. The attackers pelted his house with stones that smashed the windowpanes. They also turned his Maruti van on its side.
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