Jalpaiguri: Seven injured when tourist SUV collides with tractor near Gorumara National Park

Six tourists and the driver of an SUV were injured when they collided with a tractor parked on the road near Gorumara National Park in Western Dooars on Thursday morning. The incident has again stopped the illegal extraction and sale of minor minerals like sand, stones and pebbles from the rivers of North Bengal. Sources said a few days ago tourists from Tamluk in East Midnapore checked into a resort at Murthy on the banks of Gorumara in Jalpaiguri and booked tickets for car safari in the park. On Thursday he left his resort in an SUV. Sources said that one of the tourists has been admitted to Malbazar Hospital. Another was taken to a clinic in Siliguri but was later discharged. The remaining four and the driver suffered minor injuries. Representatives of the Gypsy Drivers and Owners Welfare Association – an association of vehicles used in safaris – alleged that the tractor, with a cart attached to the back, had illegally drawn sand and pebbles from the nearby Kurti River and dumped them in the river. But was taking off. road. Subhashmit Goswami, Block Land and Land Reforms Officer, Matiyali, said they were investigating the allegations of illegal extraction. Bangladeshi youth caught Siliguri: Bangladeshi Ijaul Haq, 30, of Lalmonirhat district was caught by the BSF when he was allegedly trying to smuggle cattle from India into the country through a border river in Cooch Behar district on Wednesday. The soldiers of 98th battalion of BSF deployed at Changarabandha border post stopped Haq and handed him over to Mekhliganj police.