Absconding GJM supremo Bimal Gurung spotted outside Gorkha Bhavan near Kolkata

Charged with more than 150 cases and on the run since 2017, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supremo Bimal Gurung was spotted outside Gorkha Bhavan in Salt Lake area on Wednesday. Gurung was on the run following an agitation for statehood in Darjeeling.

Kolkata:Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supremo Bimal Gurung, on the run since 2017 following an agitation for statehood in Darjeeling, was on Wednesday spotted outside Gorkha Bhavan in Salt Lake area near here, where he had arrived to address a press meet, official sources said.

The police, which was also present at the venue, did not arrest Gurung, who has been charged with more than 150 cases, including those under UAPA, for his alleged involvement in the agitation three years ago, the sources said.

Authorities at Gorkha Bhavan, however, refused to let him in, following which the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader, seen waiting in his car, left the place.

This is for the first time Gurung came out in the open following the Darjeeling unrest in 2017. He had been hiding since then to evade arrest.