Darjeeling: The army was called in on Thursday after thousands of angry Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists demanding a separate Gorkhaland state indulged in arson and pelted stones at police, injuring 15, as around 45,000 tourists were stranded in the northern West Bengal hills due to the violence.
The GJM has called a 12-hour shutdown in the north Bengal hills on Friday in protest against “indiscriminate police action on its workers. (IANS)
