Violent clashes at GJM bandh

deccanchronicle.com

April 24, 2012

Terai and Dooars were on the boil on Monday, the first day of the indefinite bandh called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) and Joint Action Coordination Committee led by John Barla. There were several incidents of violent clashes and arson. At Odlabari in Malbazar, bandh supporters and local residents fought a pitched battle. Several shops and vehicles were damaged and a goods-laden truck was set ablaze. At Banarhat, the local businessmen defied the bandh call and kept their shops open. More than half a dozen shops were set on fire. District magistrate Smarki Mahapatra said, “Six rounds of bullets were fired in the air to disperse the mob. The situation was under control in most of the places.” Read more…

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Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM or GJMM) (Nepali: गोर्खा जनमुक्ति मोर्चा) is a registered political party^[ which campaigns for the creation of a separate state (Gorkhaland) within India, out of districts in the north of West Bengal. The party was launched on 7 October 2007

~ par Alain Bertho sur 24 avril 2012.

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