KALIMPONG
28 Aug 2013
News of demand for a ransom of Rs5 lakh from Ajay Agarwal, the Kalimpong bureau chief of Nepali daily ‘Himalaya Darpan’, has shocked many in the hill town.
Agarwal today filed an FIR with Kalimpong police station as he was reportedly receiving threats since the past few days. He said a group of men visited his residence in the morning and threatened to vandalise his property, prompting Agarwal to file a police complaint. The bureau chief has demanded an investigation into the matter and the immediate arrest of the culprits.
In his FIR, Agarwal has identified two people from the group of six who came to his house and they are local residents Gyane Subba and Rajiv Gajmer.
The daily got embroiled in a controversy a few days ago over a news report stating GJM assistant secretary Binay Tamang had been arrested from Nepal and not Sikkim as reported by other media.
Following this, the GJM has barred the sale of the newspaper in the hills despite Himalaya Darpan rectifying the error in the next edition of the newspaper. It has been reported that people are refraining from buying the newspaper, although one cannot say for sure whether this is out of fear of the ruling establishment or their own free will.
Meanwhile, Kalimpong police have started investigations into the ransom incident. (EOIC)
28 Aug 2013
News of demand for a ransom of Rs5 lakh from Ajay Agarwal, the Kalimpong bureau chief of Nepali daily ‘Himalaya Darpan’, has shocked many in the hill town.
Agarwal today filed an FIR with Kalimpong police station as he was reportedly receiving threats since the past few days. He said a group of men visited his residence in the morning and threatened to vandalise his property, prompting Agarwal to file a police complaint. The bureau chief has demanded an investigation into the matter and the immediate arrest of the culprits.
In his FIR, Agarwal has identified two people from the group of six who came to his house and they are local residents Gyane Subba and Rajiv Gajmer.
The daily got embroiled in a controversy a few days ago over a news report stating GJM assistant secretary Binay Tamang had been arrested from Nepal and not Sikkim as reported by other media.
Following this, the GJM has barred the sale of the newspaper in the hills despite Himalaya Darpan rectifying the error in the next edition of the newspaper. It has been reported that people are refraining from buying the newspaper, although one cannot say for sure whether this is out of fear of the ruling establishment or their own free will.
Meanwhile, Kalimpong police have started investigations into the ransom incident. (EOIC)
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