Report by:
PRADIP LAMA
KALCHINI
25 Aug 2013
Keeping
with their move of arresting GJM leaders and activists, the police had
arrested Dooars GJM central committee member Ashok Lama on the night of
August 13 citing old cases.
Now, the Dooars unit of the party has
threatened a stir in the plains if Lama is not released soon. The GJM
leader has been granted bail in all cases except on the Sipchu incident,
as the executive magistrate would be hearing the case. But although
Lama is in Jalpaiguri jail since the past 12 days, there has been no
hearing till date.
The delay has irked the Dooars GJM unit
and made it suspicious. GJM leader Bishal Lama told this correspondent
that “if the government sticks to its rough and tough stance and does
not release our leaders, the ongoing movement in the Hills will spill
over to the Dooars. If Lama is not released by Tuesday, we will begin a
massive movement here too”.
He said arrests take place during an
agitation, but undue detentions are not acceptable and GJM supporters
will not remain mute spectators.
Further, GJM central committee member
Rajesh Sharma said the party’s women’s wing will submit deputations to
various departments and hold rallies and demonstrations.
While observers feel the government may
not release the detainees for some time, the GJM believes Lama will be
out soon since all those implicated in the Sipchu incident have been
granted bail. Moreover, the leaders noted Lama was in Kalchini on the
day of the Sipchu incident, and as proof, there is a case registered
against him in the Kalchini police station on that day.
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