No specific proof of my involvement in murder case, says Gurung

MP & Agencies, 9 Aug 2017: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung on Wednesday claimed in a city court that the CBI has not been able to provide any specific proof of his involvement in the murder of All India Gorkha League chief Madan Tamang. Gurung's counsel Milan Mukherjee submitted before Chief Sessions Judge Kundan Kumar Kumai that specific proof has to be provided by the prosecutor even for framing of charges against an accused. Hearing in the matter would resume on Thursday.

The city sessions court is hearing arguments for framing of charges against 46 accused for criminal conspiracy and murder of Tamang. Mukherjee dismissed as baseless the prosecution's claim that Gurung had along with other GJM leaders conspired to kill Tamang. He claimed that the CBI has not been able to provide any proof. 

"The CBI has claimed that Kalia, who had allegedly attacked Tamang with a sharp weapon, was Gurung's bodyguard. But just being seen beside him at some public rallies does not mean he was the bodyguard, he can be a party supporter," Mukherjee submitted. 

Gurung and some other GJM leaders accused in the murder were allegedly in Kalimpong when Tamang was killed in Darjeeling on May 21, 2010. 

According to Mukherjee, though it has been claimed that mobile phones of some leaders including Gurung were under surveillance, the prosecutors have not submitted any transcript of alleged conversations among them to prove that they had conspired to get Tamang killed.