One police officer was killed and other four were injured after being shot by members of a Gorkha organization demanding a new state be carved in the region of West Bengal state where they live, police said Friday.

A top state police officer, said the group of officers was attacked in Patlibas area Thursday night on the outskirts of Darjeeling, where they had gone following intelligence that the Gurung faction of the Gorkha Peoples' Freedom Front was stockpiling weapons in a hideout, Fox News reported.

The region sought for a Gorkhaland state is largely inhabited by Gorkhas of Nepalese origin.

Gorkha Peoples' Freedom Front has recently held a strike that lasted three months to call for a separated state.

Source : Mena