The shutdown, which disrupted normal life in the hills, was called following raids at the premises connected to GJM chief Bimal Gurung and some other leaders
An official said six suspected GJM supporters were today detained after they set afire a forest office at Tarakhola, Kalimpong yesterday night.
A panchayat office in Mirik, 50 km from Darjeeling, was today set ablaze by some suspected GJM supporters, the official said.
An examination could not be held at an IGNOU centre here in view of the bandh, he said.
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The stranded tourists were affected as most of the hotels, restaurants, eateries remained shut, and few buses for coming down to Siliguri in the plains.
"We are waiting for a bus since 5.30 am but not a single bus is available to take us to Siliguri," Aninda Bhaduri, a tourist, said.
"I have practical exams in Siliguri but there is not a single bus to take me there," another tourist Swati Rai said.
Gorkhaland supporters had yesterday hurled petrol bombs and stones and fought pitched battles with police even as the police burst teargas shells and used batons to disperse the crowd.
The GJM had earlier called a shutdown of the offices of the state government and Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), which its controls.
Police had seized over 300 weapons, including pickaxes, bows and arrows, explosives, night vision binoculars and cash during yesterday's raids on the premises connected with Gurung.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had said, "We want peace in the hills. There is peace in Bengal. If anybody violates law, the administration will take action. Law will take its own course".
GJM general secretary Roshan Giri accompanied by BJP MP from Darjeeling S S Ahluwalia had met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday and sought the Centre's intervention to restore peace in the hill district and "foil" West Bengal government's attempt to make Bengali language mandatory in schools.
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