Oakland victim’s body arrives

Tshering Rinzing Bhutia

Gangtok, April 10: The body of Tshering Rinzing Bhutia, who was among the seven killed in a California college by a gunman on a shooting rampage earlier this month, will reach Sikkim tomorrow.

Jamyang Namgyal, the 38-year-old victim’s elder brother, said the coffin carrying the embalmed body reached Delhi airport around 3.10pm today.

“The body has been received by a cousin, Karma Bhutia. He will bring the body tomorrow on a flight that is scheduled to arrive in Bagdogra around 12.10pm. I will be there along with other family members to receive the body and bring it to our home in Geyzing. His last rites will take place there on Friday,” the brother said.

The body of the nursing student had been despatched from California on Sunday. “The coffin travelled from California to Atlanta and Chicago and reached Delhi today.”

He said the US government had told another cousin, Karma Sonam Bhutia, who was handed over the body in Oakland, that it had to be despatched as continuous embalming cannot preserve it.

Namgyal said the family had been told by the US authorities that their request for shouldering the embalming and transport cost was being considered. The family had been told that it would take $ 10,000 (Rs 5 lakh) to transport the body to India and the US government would bear half the cost. The other half would have to be borne by the family.

“We have borne the cost as suggested but we have been assured that our request will be considered. Tshering Rinzing was supposed to be home in June and he had told us that he was on the verge of getting American citizenship. He had a Green Card there,” he said.

Namgyal said his brother had gone to the US in 2005.

Tshering Rinzing was killed in a small Christian university in Oakland on April 2. The alleged killer was identified as a 43-year-old Korean-American, One L. Goh. A former student of the university, Goh surrendered to police at a grocery store several miles from the shooting spot. Goh had stolen keys from Bhutia and had taken his car.(Telegraph)

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Bragging & boasting to have installed ATM services throughout the state by the financial institution is another thing which definitely endures common people but what next...?
The next is that the ATMs are all out-of-order the very time one requires using it for immediate dispensing money.
This is the stern case of Rangpo, a place which is an Educational as well as the industrial hub of the state. The bank management is seen only serious to open the new account not in quality service. after the industrial development the industries has opened all manpower accounts in banks and every month the salary is automatically deposited by the company in the manpower account .the salaried persons has the time for purchasing in holidays and Sunday only but specially in that days the ATM service providers put the board regarding network disturbance ,link fail etc.the account holders are too much aggressive that if the banks management shall not take the matter seriously they has to face the consumers protest . well as Industrial Hub of the state.
The patience of customers have flayed again and again but no sign of correction is observed even though media and people continuously throttle the authority of respective banks

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खण्ड विकाश अधिकारीको स्थांतरणमा सिक्किम प्रजातांत्रिक मोर्चाको अपति

संजय अगरवाल-रंग्पो-९ अप्रेल १२ ।
खण्ड विकास अधिकारी पुर्षोत्तम प्रधानको स्थान्तरण सम्बन्दमा सिक्किम प्रजातान्त्रिक मोर्चाका पाण्डमका युवा कार्यकर्ताहरुले घोर आपत्ति व्यक्त गर्दछन । मुख्यमंत्री ग्रामीण आवास योजना अन्तर्गत निर्मित पाँच खम्बे घरले जुन विराट रुप लियो त्यसको व्यापक असर अनि सीधा कारवाई खण्ड विकास अधिकारी माथि गरिनु न्याएसंगत नभएकोले, पार्टी कार्यकर्ता आफ्नो गुनासो मुख्यमन्त्री समक्ष पेश गर्न चाहान्छन । यो गम्भीर समस्या ठुलो आकार लिंदै आज समस्त सिक्किममा चर्चाको विषय बन्न गएको छ तर कुनै प्रारम्भिक जांच बिनै पुरोषोत्तम प्रधानलाई डुगाको खण्ड विकास अधिकारी पदबाट फेरी पुरानो स्थानमा स्थान्तरित गरिनु वहाँको सम्पूर्ण सेवा भावना माथि चोट पुराउनु हो । थालारम सापकोटाको हाजिरीमा निर्मित भएको यो भवनको निर्माण सम्बन्दमा आर्थिक सहयोग खण्ड विकास अधिकारी मार्फत भएता पनि आज पुरोषोत्तम प्रधानलाई पनि अन्धकारमा राखी यो कु कृत्य निर्माण कार्यमा संग्लग्न व्यक्तिहरुले गरे । विगतका योजनाहरुमा पनि यस्ता धेरै कार्य भए तर वहाँको गेरजिम्मेदराना कार्य कैले देखा परेन र आज यो कार्यको प्रतिदिन निगरानी गर्ने पार्टीका वार्ड पंचायत माथि किन पार्टी हाइकमानले सक्त कारवाई गरेन । यो पुर्षोत्तम प्रधानको समर्थन होइन तर एस्ता कु कृत्य गरेर एस. डी. एफ. पार्टीको छबि धमिलयाउने रोगहरुको पार्टीबाट निस्काशन गरि दिने हाम्रो आग्रह अनि विन्ती हो । एक पंचयात वार्डमा १० मोडल घर बनिने सरकारी योजना निरंतर चली रहेको छ तेसरी नै १२ वटा ग्राम पंचयात युनिटमा कुल १७० वटा घर निर्माण भई रहेको छ । बी. डी. ओ. ले यी घरहरुको निर्माण सम्बन्दमा प्रारम्भिक निरक्षण गरि कार्यको रिपोर्ट पेश गर्छन । तर प्रारम्भ देखी अन्त सम्म कार्यको निरन्तर जांच गरि बी. डी. ओ. लाई पनि रिपोर्ट पेश गर्ने दायित्व वार्ड पंचयात साथै वरिष्ट एवं कनिष्ट अभियन्ताको बन्छ । खण्ड विकास अधिकारी श्री पुर्षोत्तम प्रधानको कार्यकालमा पाण्डम भेगमा धेरै विकास योजनाहरु सार्थक भए तर अरु व्यक्तिहरुको लापरवाईले गर्दा आज सीधा वहाँ माथि बज्रपात हुनु समस्त जनताको मनोभावना माथि चोट पुग्नु हो । सम्माननीय मुख्यमन्त्री महोदयको सिक्किम निर्माणको सपनालाई चकनाचुर पर्ने केही चुनिंदा व्यक्तिहरु छन् जो पार्टी भित्रै छन् । हाम्रो प्रार्थना, हाम्रो निवेदन अनि हाम्रो विन्ती छ मुख्यमंत्री महोदयलाई की श्री पुर्षोत्तम प्रधान को असल चरित्र अनि वहाँको निस्वार्थ सेवा भावनाको सम्मान गरि दियाजावोस साथै येस्तो कु कृत्य गरि सिक्किम प्रजातान्त्रिक मोर्चाको छवी बर्बाद गर्ने कार्यकर्ताहरुलाई कड़ा भन्दा कड़ा कारवाई गरि दियाजावोस ।

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After coming in print media about corruption in chief minister rural housing scheme in west Pandam constituency the public demand is raising day by day to seize the power of area Panchayat member. after the five post modal house print in several newspaper it was the one of the main issue in the central executive member meeting of Sikkim democratic front ruling party and Panchayat sammelan held on 30th march. in this issue BDO Duga Mr. purusotam Pradhan was also transferred .but according to the news though bdo is answerable for the issue but the elected Panchayat has received right and responsibility to look into the development and quality of the work done in the area. the Panchayat member of the said area has to walk everyday from nearby area .why he has not shown till the five post was seen .it is clearly proved that Panchayat member is also involved with the contractor in the illegal works of the CMRHS.the local resident has strongly demanded to seized the work of the Panchayat of the area .it is also learnt that Panchayat there was a close agreement between contractor and Panchayat regarding the profit may be distribute in 50 -50.in other side congress member Mr. jagdish century also asked that transfer of a bdo is completely wrong as the main culprits are left by the department .

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