With the arrest of Gorkhaland Liberation Organisation (GLO) chief Chattre Subba, police claims to have identified all the co-conspirators behind the February 10 ambush on Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) president Subash Ghising. Darjeeling superintendent of police Sanjay Chander told reporters today that Subba who was arrested from a hideout near Sukhiapokhari on the Indo-Nepal border on Sunday had revealed the names of all the co-conspirators.
Subba has admitted that a plot to assassinate the GNLF chief was drawn up as early as on January 5. Several opposition Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL) leaders including party's acting president and former GNLF militant leader Shhiten Sherpa, the party's Kalimpong unit chief Norden Lama, former Gorkha volunteer cell's Kurseong unit chief Sharan Dewan and three hired militants from Nepal had drawn up the ambush plot, Chander said. Subba has also revealed the names of the persons who funded the GLO, the SP said.
Bureau Report