Kolkata/Berhampore: No incident of communal assault was reported on Sunday from Bengal’s Murshidabad district the place 17 firms of central paramilitary pressure had been deployed following an order of the Calcutta excessive court docket handed on Saturday after a person and his son had been hacked to dying and a 3rd man died in firing by safety personnel.
BSF personnel conduct a march after violence erupted on April 11 throughout a protest towards the Waqf Modification Act, in Murshidabad on Sunday. (ANI)
The incidents occurred when violent protests towards the Waqf (Modification) Act intensified in Murshidabad between Friday and Saturday and triggered communal assaults.
Because the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) held a rally in Kolkata on Sunday demanding chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s resignation and probe by federal companies, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) alleged that the violence was carried out by criminals who had been allowed to cross over from Bangladesh by the Border Safety Drive (BSF) as “part of a plan.”
“Mamata Banerjee has no right to continue. The homes of hundreds of Hindus were attacked. The violence should be probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA),” BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar mentioned.
TMC countered the allegations.
“Leaders of some parties and a section of the BSF drew a blueprint to create trouble for TMC. The men who led the violence were all outsiders. BSF let them in from across the border. They have disappeared. Afterall, who stands to gain politically if a communal violence takes place here?” TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh mentioned hours after police introduced that the violence had been contained.
“The situation is fully under control now,” director common of police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar advised reporters on Sunday afternoon at Shamserganj, the worst- hit area, from the place round 300 residents fled to the neighbouring Malda district and took shelter in a aid camp at Parlalpur Excessive College in Baishnabnagar. They crossed the Ganga in boats below police safety. Some Shamserganj residents fled to Jharkhand as properly, native individuals mentioned.
“At least 155 more people have been arrested since Saturday. Citizens should not be provoked by rumour. They must contact us and crosscheck,” Ananda Roy, superintendent of police (SP), Jangipur, mentioned, including that 118 individuals had been arrested earlier.
In Murshidabad, the place the Muslim inhabitants is round 60%, Bengal’s highest, the group has been finishing up violent protests and blocking roads since April 8 at Suti, Jangipur, Dhuliyan and Shamserganj, demanding scrapping of the brand new Act, to which President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent on April 5.
TMC’s district leaders accused the police of reacting late to the Shamserganj violence wherein Haragobindo Das and his son Chandan Das had been hacked to dying, allegedly by a mob of round 300 individuals on Friday evening.
“Police took action at Shamserganj but they were four hours late. Also, the number of policemen was less than what was required to tackle the situation. My office at Dhuliyan was ransacked too,” Khalilur Rahaman, the TMC Lok Sabha member from Jangipur, mentioned, supporting allegations made by kinfolk of the 2 victims.
Manirul Islam, TMC legislator from Farakka, mentioned: “My old home at Shamserganj, where my elder brother lives, was attacked. I shifted my family to Farakka to ensure their safety.”
Humayun Kabir, TMC legislator from Bharatpur mentioned: “None of this would have happened had the police acted on time and identified the troublemakers. It is a matter of shame for us that so many Hindus had to flee their homes and take shelter in Malda. People of all faiths have the right to live here.”
The affected households staged an agitation when extra director common of police (south Bengal) Supratim Sarkar visited Dhuliyan.
Madan Ghosh, a resident of Bedbona village in Shamserganj mentioned: “We faced terror for two days. The mobs torched my house and looted everything. I somehow managed to flee with my wife and children. I am going to Malda.”
Minati Halder, a Dhuliyan resident who took shelter in Malda, mentioned: “I can’t describe what I witnessed. They burnt down everything. The hooligans looted everything from my home.”
Extra director common of police (regulation and order) Jawed Shamim mentioned two males sustained bullet accidents on Friday when the police was compelled to fireside 4 rounds at Suti. The injured had been later recognized as Mosaraf Hossain and Hasan Sheikh, a minor.
One other particular person, Ezaz Ahmed, who was additionally injured within the firing at Suti on Friday died in hospital on Saturday.
Samser Nadab, a resident of Shamserganj, sustained bullet damage on Saturday. His elder brother, Kaiful Nadab, mentioned: “We found him lying on the road. Local people said he was hit when the central forces opened fire.”
Police, nonetheless, couldn’t verify who fired at Nadab.
Nilotpal Pandey, the BSF spokesperson in south Bengal, advised the media that members of the pressure fired a couple of photographs within the air to scare the rioters.
“The situation in Shamserganj was very critical. BSF had to act fast. They fired some shots in the air,” mentioned Pandey.
Kolkata mayor and cupboard minister Firhad Hakim alleged that BJP was attempting to fish in troubled water.
“BJP is trying to fish in troubled water. The chief minister has already announced that the new Waqf law won’t be enforced in Bengal. She will hold a meeting with leaders of the Muslim community and clerics on April 17,” mentioned Hakim.
BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari mentioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi could go to Bengal later this month.
“After that we will take a rally to the state secretariat,” he mentioned.