Barun Bhujel was arrested in June 16 in connection with violence in Darjeeling during the 104-days strike demanding a separate state of Gorkhaland. Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader and councillor of Kalimpong Barun Bhujel, under arrest since June, died at the SSKM hospital in Kolkata in the early hours of Wednesday. Postmortem is being done,” said Manimoy Bandpadhyay, medical superintendent of SSKM hospital. He was admitted first in a hospital in Siliguri and then taken to SSKM Hospital,” said a senior police officer. “Later when his condition deteriorated he was transferred to SSKM Hospital in Kolkata.

Source: Indian Express October 25, 2017 06:13 UTC