Madan Tamang murder accused found dead,brother missing

Rai’s name figured in the chargesheet filed by the CID after All India Gorkha League leader Madan Tamang was hacked to death on May 21,2010,by an armed mob in Darjeeling town while overseeing preparations for a public meeting that day. The CBI,which took over the probe,is yet to arrest 22 of the 30 persons named in the CID chargesheet.

A senior CBI official said,“Dil Kumar Rai was one of the accused. But he was absconding. We could not establish any contact with him ever. He was a local tough and we did not have knowledge about his whereabouts.”

According to preliminary investigation,it appears Rai was murdered over personal enmity,said a senior police official. The police have started a probe.

The CID,which was initially investigating the case,had filed a chargesheet naming 30 persons and 61 witnesses on August 30,2010. Rai’s name was included in the chargesheet. He had been absconding since then.

The police had conducted several raids at his house in Singla but failed to nab him.

Dil Chandra Rai,who lodged an FIR with Darjeeling Sadar police station following his brother Dil Kumar Rai’s death,is also missing.

Four persons have been named in the FIR — Bhim Khus Subba and his sons Nippon Subba,Nischal Subba and Deven Subba. All four are missing.

A mob ransacked Bhim Khus Subba’s house this morning and set it on fire.