Is Darjeeling a Killing Field for Centre and State Forces?

Seven (07) people have been killed in Gorkhaland (Darjeeling) so far during June 17 -July 10, 2017 and we do not know if this figure will go up with time. The Gorkhas are fighting for a separate State of Gorkhaland within India.

The first three were shot dead on June 17 when they were marching towards Patlebas located few kilometers away from Darjeeling Town. Security forces also resorted to violence in Kalimpong by open firing on the peaceful protestors on July 05, but no deaths were reported.  However, an unarmed Tashi Bhutia was shot in the midnight of July 07 while he was on this way home in Sonada after procuring medicine. The following day three more were shot dead. Two were killed while protesting the death of Tashi in the heart of Darjeeling Town and third shooting was made at Singmari area of the town reportedly without any valid reason. Many are in the hospitals fighting for their lives, we do not know how many of them will finally survive.

Reportedly, they are all killed by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans, a force maintained by the Government of India. A critical point to be noted here is that, all the victims were shot on their heads and were killed on the spot. West Bengal either through Gautam Deb or Mamata Banerjee herself has been repeatedly clarifying that the security personnel have not fired/shot at the protesters. In fact, when Aniket Chettri succumbed to his injury recently after his truck caught fire near Kalizora along NH10; TMC Minister Gautam Deb spent no time in accusing the Gorkhas for his death.

It is important for the larger public to understand that the Gorkha protest started peacefully, initially to oppose the imposition of Bengali Language as compulsory teaching in all the schools and later took a bigger form when the Gorkhas revived their 110 years old movement for the separate state of Gorkhaland. Violence actually started due the lathi charges and shooting of June 17 on the peaceful protestors by security forces and consequent death of the three Gorkhas. Therefore, who is the culprit here? Who is responsible for the subsequent violence that ravaged the entire hills of Gorkhaland (Darjeeling)?

My bigger concern, however, is: why are the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans so excited to shoot? Why do they resort to violence when the protesters are unarmed and protesting peacefully? Who orders them to shoot? Why do they shoot only on the heads and not on other parts of the body? Is the state government via District Magistrate gives order to shoot or is it the larger and murkier ploy of the Central Government.

We really need to delve upon these questions, discuss them seriously and seek for the answers.

And lastly, if Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) shoots on its own without the order of the State or Central Government, let these jokers be sent to the borders. Let them replace the Gorkhas there. Let them fight the Pakistani terrorists. Let them fight the Chinese. Killing unarmed protesters doesn't make them security force. I don't think these cowards will stand more than 24 hours on the border!
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Added on 12 July, 2017: One more (Ashok Tamang)  succumbed to bullet injuries on 11th morning making the total death to 08.