Illegal entry of 5 people: 'Sikkim public not going to accept suspension of junior cops'

Gangtok: A day after two police constables were suspended following furore on the illegal entry of five individuals from the Melli check-post in Sikkim on July 1, several activists, journalists and prominent citizens of the state have alleged that the junior police personnel were made a scapegoat for decisions taken by higher officials.

On July 1, five members of a family entered Sikkim from the Melli Check Post to attend a funeral in Jorethang, South Sikkim. The same has created a furore in the public domain with names of Sikkim chief secretary and Director General of Police to have been allegedly involved in the violation.

Gauri Shankar Gupta and four other members of her family including a child have been booked for under relevant provision of Disaster Management Act registered at Jorethang Police Station. They had reached the South Sikkim town from Siliguri, close to West Bengal, where Gupta’s father had expired on June 30.