GJM leader arrested for burning Pedong PS and suspected link with Maoists of Nepal

Kalimpong, Aug 25: GJM youth wing president Palden Bhutia, suspected having links with the Maoists in Nepal and some insurgent groups of North Eastern parts of India, was arrested from Pedong last night. Bhutia, party's youth wing president of Pedong region, was allegedly involved for setting afire the Pedong police phari last month. Now police were probing his links with the Moaists in Nepal and some insurgent groups of the North Eastern region, ADG (Law and Order) Siddhinath Gupta said here today. Earlier, six youth were arrested for Pedong police phari burning case. Police believed that Maoists from Nepal had come in Kalimpong area and imparted guerrilla training to some of the youth in recent times. Police today took the arrested GJM leader for production in court and sought their custody with a plea that the youth needed to be quizzed for unlawful activity. However, the GJM leadership denied any link with either Maoists in Nepal or insurgent groups of India. GJM leaders Binay Tamang and Kalyan Dewan stated that some vested interested elements have been detonating explosions to malign them and diverting the peaceful statehood agitation. UNI