GANGTOK, 11 Oct: Stray incidents of threats and intimidation continue with the panchayat elections season on. The Namchi police arrested a total of 9 persons on 10 October and later released them on bail.
The charges against them, all purported to be supporters of dissident SDF leader, PS Tamang, are of wrongful confinement, rioting and threatening a resident of Namthang Bazaar. As per police records, the complainant, SB Tamang was abused and threatened by the group at around 7 PM on 10 October.
The group had come into the bazaar shouting slogans. They were all rounded up by the police and sent for medical examination according to which they had consumed alcohol but were not intoxicated.
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