Siliguri

Siliguri, 05 July (Retd.). NJP police have arrested two people with firearms and two cartridges. The accused have been identified as Narayan Mandal and Sanath Barman, residents of Kamranguri and West Dhantala in Phulbari. Police sources have revealed that both of them had reached Kashmir Colony area adjacent to NJP on a scooter to exchange weapons. Meanwhile, a law enforcement team from NJP police station, acting on a tip-off, raided the area on Thursday night. Upon searching the two-wheeler, officials recovered a firearm with two rounds of ammunition, leading to his arrest. After this, the scooter involved in the incident was also confiscated. Both the arrested were presented in Jalpaiguri court on Friday. At present the police is inquiring the entire matter.

Siliguri, 3rd July . Following the order of the High Court, tea plantations planted illegally on Forest Department land in Siliguri have been destroyed. Reports show that a person was doing business by planting a tea garden on several bighas of government land in Farbari Nepali Basti area under Dabgram-Phulbari. Despite the man's claims of ownership, the forest department had earlier directed him to remove the tea plantation, but he did not comply. The case was taken to the High Court and after a long legal battle the court ordered the release of the land. On Wednesday, as per the court's direction, a large contingent of police and forest officials supervised the destruction of the entire tea garden.