Bengal asks Nagaland to identify dead `terrorist’

Though, according to the official position of the state government, two extremists died during the four-hour encounter, the Darjeeling police could recover only one dead body. One Home Guard personnel also died during the enounter.

Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, on Tuesday refused to reveal the identity of the dead saying he would not disclose the details at this stage. However, it is believed Naga extremists are giving training to the members of the Gorkha Liberation Organisation (GLO). What seems to have lend credence to the theory about the GLO getting training from extremists based in the north-east, has been its leader, Chattary Subbah’s Naga connection.

Bhattacharya, who claimed this development had no connection to another North Bengal extremist organisation, the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation, however admitted the fact that “the extremists of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri have had a north-east connection”.