Leader arrested,GJM calls indefinite strike

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha GJM on Friday called an indefinite strike in the Hills from May 26 to protest the arrest of GJM leaders in Garubathan area of Darjeeling late on Thursday night. The police arrested Chandra Yonjon,an elected member of Gorkha Territorial Administration GTA,for allegedly instigating violence in the area as he led a mob that set fire to the house of a local Trinamool Congress leader,K N Subba.

Yonjon is innocent. We are in no way involved in the incident that took place in Garubathan, said GJM general secretary Roshan Giri. While the police said Yonjon led a group of Gorkhaland Personnel a GJM backed volunteer force with rods and swords in the area,GJM blamed the incident on factional clash of the Trinamool.