Sikkim: Rally in Namchi town turns violent, Sec 144 Cr PC imposed

Gangtok: There was violence in Sikkim’s Namchi town on Monday when a rally demanding speedy justice in the mysterious death of a 21-year-old youth leader turned restive and threw stones and bricks, injuring some police personnel.

Many members of the rally and police personnel sustained minor injuries during the exchange of stones and lathis at Kazitar, few meters ahead of the restaurant-cum-residence where late Padam Gurung was last seen before his mysterious death. A couple of persons were detained by police and later released.

Section 144 was imposed in the district town and police patrolling was intensified in Namchi, where the situation is now under control, he said.