Gurung's counsel Milan Mukherjee submitted before Chief Sessions Judge Kundan Kumar Kumai that specific proof has to be provided by the prosecutor even for framing of charges against an accused. Mukherjee dismissed as baseless the prosecution's claim that Gurung had, along with other GJM leaders conspired to kill Tamang. ”The CBI has claimed that Kalia, who had allegedly attacked Tamang with a sharp weapon, was Gurung's bodyguard. But just being seen beside him at some public rallies does not mean he was the bodyguard, he can be a party supporter,” Mukherjee submitted. Gurung and some other GJM leaders accused in the murder were allegedly in Kalimpong when Tamang was killed in Darjeeling on May 21, 2010.

Source: The Telegraph August 09, 2017 12:33 UTC