Darjeeling, July 11: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has asked tourists and hostel students to leave the Darjeeling hills by Monday 12.00 pm. The GJM has called for indefinite bandh from July 13.
The GJM are demanding removal of senior-most police officer in north Bengal and separate Gorkhaland.
The GJM Press and Publicity secretary Benoy Tamang told reporters that the party had told the state government to transfer IGP (North Bengal) K L Tamta, ASP(HQ) A Chaturvedi and Kurseong Sub-Divisional Police Officer by noon of July 13, failing which the party would go for an indefinite strike.
The indefinite strike has also been suspended till July 13 to allow the tourists to leave the hills and local people to stock essentials, the sources said.
—Agencies