The Supreme Court today refused to transfer the trial in the Madan Tamang murder case of 2010 from Kolkata to Sikkim but ordered that the proceedings should be conducted through video conferencing from Darjeeling.<br/><br/>A bench comprising Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao said that Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) general secretary<br/>Roshan Giri, who is an accused in the case and had moved the<br/>apex court seeking transfer of trial from Kolkata to Sikkim,<br/>does not represent all the persons facing trial in the matter.<br/><br/>The police has claimed that Tamang, who was the All India<br/>Gorkha League (AIGL) president, was hacked to death in<br/>Darjeeling on May 21, 2010 in broad daylight when he was<br/>overseeing preparations for a public meeting.
News On AIR | August 16, 2017 6:10 PM
SC refuses to transfer trial in Madan Tamang murder case; orders proceedings through video conferencing