Kolkata: The West Bengal government has told the Calcutta High Court that Maoist leaders from Nepal are in Darjeeling to help Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) in their movement for a separate state.
Sources said state Advocate General Kishore Dutta submitted a report – prepared by ADG (Law and Order) Anuj Sharma – before the HC seeking its intervention for additional security forces.
As per the intelligence report, several senior administrative officials and political leaders may be targeted by those who are creating unrest in the Darjeeling Hills. “We have specific input about the presence of Maoists in Darjeeling and this was conveyed to the Chief Minister’s Office,” said a senior police officer.
The HC expressed dismay over the Centre’s delay in sending additional force to the Hills. The court directed the Centre to provide four additional companies of CRPF within 48 hours in Darjeeling to quell the violence.
“We have also alerted the government about regrouping of Maoists in Bengal from Jharkhand,” the officer said.
Recently, Maoist leader Netra Bikram Chand demonstrated in front of Indian Embassy in Kathmandu and condemned police “highhandedness” against Morcha leaders in Darjeeling.
He also alleged that there were severe human rights violations in Darjeeling and the “central and Bengal governments are suppressing the voice of innocent people in the Hills”.
“Innocent people are being killed and this is a serious issue,” he had said.
Meanwhile, the strike continued in the Hills as Mahila Morcha members took out a rally against the recent killings.
On Thursday night, the Directorate Board of Railway Police Force (RPF) was set on fire in Kurseong, allegedly by Morcha supporters. A library and a police check post was also torched in Sukhiapokhri and Mirik respectively.
GJM members will on Thursday observe a fast unto death at Mall Road in Darjeeling.
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