Madan tamang: Madan tamang Killed | Madan tamang murdered

A top ethnic Gurkha leader, Madan Tamang, was stabbed and killed Friday by unidentified attackers on a busy street in eastern India, a state official said.

Tamang was repeatedly stabbed in the hill resort town of Darjeeling in West Bengal state while on the way to address a public meeting, state minister Ashok Bhattacharjya said.

Tamang, head of the All India Gurkha League, had been a top leader in the 1980s campaign seeking a separate state for ethnic Gurkhas in West Bengal. But after several rounds of talks, the group settled for greater autonomy within West Bengal.