Official intercepts of phone conversations between top leaders of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) and local cadres point to their alleged complicity in the murder of Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL) leader Madan Tamang on May 21 morning, hours before he was to address a public meeting.
An official of the West Bengal Home Department said voice verification had been carried out and the callers had been identified as GJM president Bimal Gurung, general secretary Roshan Giri and some local leaders ?a few were named in the FIR filed by ABGL.
The intercepts, prepared by the state police, give a blow-by-blow account of how Giri was not only aware of the attack but had also given detailed instructions not to let Tamang, considered the moderate voice of opposition in the Darjeeling hills, hold the public meeting.
Using a SIM card issued in the name of Suraj Limbu, Giri is heard instructing cadres to ?come with lathis?. The cadres follow his instructions, keeping Giri in the loop at all times.
Asked about the intercepts, Giri said: ?The Bengal government is trying to frame us. They want to destabilise the movement for Gorkhaland.?
