লক্ষাধিক টাকা নিয়ে ব্যাংকে যাওয়ার পথে ব্যক্তিকে অপহরণ, গ্রেপ্তার ৩

১১ লক্ষাধিক টাকা নিয়ে ব্যাংকে যাওয়ার পথে এক ব্যক্তিকে অপহরণের ঘটনায় রাজগঞ্জ থেকে গ্রেপ্তার করা হল তিন অভিযুক্তকে। ক্যাশ মানেজমেন্ট সার্ভিসে কর্মরত এক ব্যক্তি প্রায় ১১ লক্ষাধিক টাকা নিয়ে ব্যাংকে জমা দিতে যাওয়ার পথে কয়েক জন দুষ্কৃতী তাকে অপহরণ করে বলে অভিযোগ। এরপর এই বিষয়ে অপহৃত ব্যক্তির শ্যালক এনজিপি থানায় গিয়ে লিখিত অভিযোগ দায়ের করেন। সেই ঘটনার তদন্তে নেমে মালবাজারের ক্রান্তি এলাকা থেকে অপহৃত ব্যক্তিকে জ্ঞানহীন অবস্থায় উদ্ধার করে পুলিশ।

এরপরই এই ঘটনায় রাজগঞ্জ থেকে ৩ জনকে গ্রেপ্তার করেছে পুলিশ। তাদের নাম সঞ্জয় মোদক, শ্যামল রায় এবং আশিস বিশ্বাস। বুধবার তাদের জলপাইগুড়ি আদালতে তোলা হবে। জানা গিয়েছে, অপহৃত ব্যক্তি পরিতোষ রায়, রেডিয়েন্ট ক্যাশ মানেজমেন্ট সার্ভিসে কাজ করেন। ঘটনার দিন বিভিন্ন কোম্পানি থেকে ১১ লক্ষ ৫ হাজার টাকা সংগ্রহ করে ব্যাংকে জমা দিতে যাচ্ছিলেন তিনি। ফুলবাড়ি থেকে শিলিগুড়ি আসার পথে কামরাঙ্গাগুড়ি এলাকায় তাকে অপহরণ করা হয় বলে অভিযোগ।

The Times Dooars Proudly Wishes Akshay Kumar #Gorkha Upcoming - Millennium Blasting MovieGorkha first look: Akshay Kumar plays war hero Ian Cardozo

The Times Dooars Proudly Wishes 

Akshay Kumar #Gorkha Upcoming - Millennium Blasting Movie

Gorkha first look: Akshay Kumar plays war hero Ian Cardozo

Gorkha: Actor Akshay Kumar has collaborated with filmmaker Sanjay P S Chauhan for a film based on the first war-disabled officer of the Indian Army to command a battalion and a brigade.

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has announced yet another film. He has collaborated with filmmaker Sanjay P S Chauhan for a war film titled, Gorkha.

The film will be based on war hero Major General Ian Cardozo. Announcing the film, Kumar wrote on Twitter, “Sometimes you come across stories so inspiring that you just want to make them. #Gorkha – on the life of legendary war hero, Major General Ian Cardozo is one such film. Honoured to essay the role of an icon and present this special film. Directed By – @sanjaypchauhan.”

Akshay Kumar also shared his first look from the movie. In the photos, the actor is seen in a military uniform. From the look of it, it seems he is uttering a war cry. In one of the photos, he holds a sword in his hand and his intense gaze is sure to scare his enemies. The words, “Celebrating India’s 75th Independence anniversary” on the poster hint that Gorkha might hit the theaters on Independence Day in 2022.

Who is Major General Ian Cardozo?

Major General Ian Cardozo is a former Indian Army officer. He was the first war-disabled officer of the Indian Army to command a battalion and a brigade. He joined his battalion 4/5 Gorkha Rifles at the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. His regiment called him ‘Cartoos’ as they found it difficult to pronounce his first name. At war, Cardozo stepped on a landmine and got his leg critically injured. Due to the absence of medics, he had to use his khukri to amputate his own leg. Later, his unit captured a surgeon from the Pakistan army who operated on Cardozo’s leg.

Covid curbs? Travel to the Dooars for a taste of Bhutan

North Bengal tour operators promote hamlets that share neighbour’s culture

File picture of girls in traditional dresses dancing to entertain tourists in the eastern Dooars near the India-Bhutan border

Writes : Binita Paul

Want to visit Bhutan but find the compulsory paid quarantine too cumbersome? Try the Dooars instead, which has similar culture and cuisine, tour operators in north Bengal are saying.

Tour operators have started promoting tiny hamlets in the eastern Dooars close to the India-Bhutan border and are offering homestay accommodations to tourists who want to visit Bhutan but can’t owing to various entry regulations of the neighbouring country amid the pandemic.

“If one intends to visit Bhutan, one has to stay in paid quarantine for a fortnight and only then move around the country. That is why a considerable number of Indian tourists are feeling disinclined to visit Bhutan which otherwise is a favourite destination for Indians. In such a situation, we are offering them an alternative to stay at a location that is near the India-Bhutan border, and enjoy cuisine and culture similar to Bhutan,” said Raj Basu, convener Association for Conservation & Tourism (ACT).

He said that a number of villages, especially those in eastern parts of the Dooars in Alipurduar district that also has the Buxa hills, have emerged as new destinations for tourists who seek secluded spots to enjoy the idyllic landscape of the area flanked by Bhutan hills

Among these include places like Daragaon, Buxaduar, Lalbanglow, Tanshigaon, Ochlum, Lepchakha, Khataline, Chunavati, Adma, Namna, Serubari, Fulbari and Panbari.

A historian in North Bengal University said that the Dooars earlier belonged to Bhutan and so the culture and cuisine of a number of tribes in these hamlets are similar to that of the Himalayan kingdom.

“The region was annexed to British India after the Sinchula Treaty of 1865. The main interest was the control on trade between the maritime and the mountain routes, where we had the 18 gateways or the Dooars. Over time, settling patterns have changed, but some people’s habits remain the same,” he said.

For example, if one treks to the Buxa hills, there are villages where the Dukpas reside. Their food, clothes and even houses are similar to the residents of Bhutan.

“They even celebrate the New Year according to Bhutan’s calendar. This festival is called Gyalpo Lhosar,” the academic said.

“Any tourist can easily reach this region in the Dooars where they can feel like they are staying at a hamlet in Bhutan,” he added.

Source : The Telegraph