Tea garden shuts down over attack on assistant manager

Kolkata | Friday | 10th January, 2020

Summary:

Darjeeling: The North Tukvar Tea Estate, popular as Singla Tea Garden in Darjeeling, has been locked out following an attack on the assistant manager of the garden. "On the night of January 8, a group of youths arrived at the assistant manager's bungalow in an inebriated state and tried to create trouble. On Thursday morning at around 7:30 am, when assistant manager Om Prakash Chautiya was walking to the field, he was attacked by two persons from behind. Grievously injured, the assistant manager, who is in his mid forties, was rushed to Darjeeling Sadar Hospital, from where he was referred to Siliguri. At present, he is under treatment in a private nursing home in SIliguri with severe head injuries and a fractured left arm..