Darjeeling
The
Darjeeling Chief Judicial Magistrate court today granted interim bail
to prominent businessman Brij Mohan Garg who was arrested on September
11 on the charge of diverting PDS food grains to statehood agitators.
Garg, the president of the Darjeeling
Chamber of Commerce, was granted interim bail on health grounds after
being levied a penalty of Rs 3,000. Garg is undergoing treatment
presently as his health had begun deteriorating following his arrest.
Food and supply department officials had also temporarily closed three PDS storehouses, including a flour mill co-owned by Garg.
Following Garg’s detention, the police
had gone on an arresting spree of businessmen in the hills in order to
cut off funds and supply to statehood agitators.
Meanwhile, the legal procedure for
seeking bail for GJM assistant secretary and newly elected GTA chief
executive Binay Tamang has been initiated at the CJM court. Tamang, the
elected GTA member from Bloomfield constituency, had 11 cases against
his name. Although he has been granted bail in seven cases, two cases
are still to be heard, in Jalpaiguri district and Darjeeling. Tamang
will have to appear before the CJM court on October 5 for the next
hearing.
Sources have said a parole has been
sought in a Jalapaiguri court in order to ensure Tamang’s presence for
his oath-taking ceremony as the new GTA chief.
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