Fresh FIR registered against GJM chief Bimal Gurung, wife

Darjeeling: A fresh suo moto FIR has been lodged against Gorkha Janamukti Morcha supremo Bimal Gurung, his Asha and other supporters.

The fresh FIR was filed after GJM, spearheading the agitation for a separate Gorkhaland since June eight, decided to withdraw from the tripartite accord on the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA).

The tripartite agreement paving the way for the setting up of the GTA, an elected body for the Darjeeling hills, was signed in 2011. The parties to the agreement were the Union home ministry, the state government and the GJM.

The GTA administers Darjeeling, Kurseong, Mirik, some areas of Siliguri subdivision of Darjeeling district and the whole of Kalimpong district.

The GJM chief had slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for calling in the Army to control the situation in the hills and advised her to stay out as "the people of Darjeeling are well-equipped to take care of themselves".