DARJEELING/KALIMPONG: Mobs of armed men yesterday attacked and ransacked former Gorkha Janmukti Yuva Morcha (Gorkha Janmukti Youth Front) Basant Singh’s house and office. His motorcycle was also burnt in the middle of the road. The Mob further attacked and ransacked All India Gorkha League leader Pratap Khati’s house. His car was also upturned and demobilized. Pratap Khati however, was in Kolkata while his house was ransacked. All India Gorkha League’s Kalimpong Institutional Secretary Chewang Bhutia directly condemned cadres of Gorkha Janmukti Youth Front for the violence and ransacking of the leader’s house and car. Chewang further said, "Khati’s family members repeatedly requested the cadres of Gorkha Janmukti Yuva Morcha not to ransack the house but the cadres crying out saying that they had been sent by the Central Committee and the Branch Committee leaders to ransack the house went about destroying and pillaging everything they found. FIRs have been registered against Gorkha Janmukti Yuva Morcha leaders Nima Tamang and Topden Bhutia. If this is Gandhism that GJM is following then surely they are bringing shame to the name of the father of the nation. We condemn this shameful and criminal act committed by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and demand immediate action by the police."
The former Gorkha Janmukti Yuva Morcha leader who was suspended for activities against the party has also become the target of violence. Basant Singh’s 10th mile based house and office was also completely ransacked by a mob. Speaking to the press, Basant Singh said, "A mob led by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Kalimpong Office Chief Nima Tamang ransacked my house and the office. They even snatched gold chains from my wive’s neck and robbed money from our possession. When Gorkha Janmukti Morcha needed our service we were the one who served it. We were the one to receive the police batons at Siliguri. Now after an allegation, I was suspended and my house and office ransacked, properties destroyed and money and valuables robbed. I still belong to the family of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha but now that the same family has destroyed us. I can’t understand why they did so. All the ransacking was done by the Youth front cadres of Eastman Road and Seed Farm locality under the leadership of Nima Tamang."
Basant Singh further said, "For all my devotion and support to the party, the party has given me a gift by destroying and ransacking my house. It is alright, my house has been destroyed and GJM has been relieved. If by destroying houses they can bring Gorkhaland, I am ready to die for the sake of Gorkhaland."
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