Kolkata: Eight suspects within the April 12 homicide of a person and his son in the course of the communal violence in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district have been arrested from Jharsuguda in Odisha on Monday, a Bengal police official conscious of the probe stated.
Safety personnel preserve vigilin Murshidabad on Sunday. (PTI)
Communal violence rocked the Jangipur sub-division of Murshidabad from April 8 to 12 when protests in opposition to the newly enforced Waqf (Modification) Act led to rioting.
Monday’s arrests have been made by the particular process power (STF) of the West Bengal Police after it interrogated 16 Murshidabad residents working as migrant labourers in varied components of Jharsuguda district.
“These people came home during Eid and returned to Odisha. The arrested men include both sons of Jiaul Sheikh, one of the prime suspects who was arrested by STF on Saturday. The eight men are being brought back to Bengal,” the officer stated requesting anonymity.
Jiaul Sheikh was arrested from Chopra in North Dinajpur district. He’s a resident of Sulitala village positioned adjoining to Jafrabad the place the murders occurred. Kalu and Dildar Nadab, who’re brothers and residents of the identical space, have been the primary to be arrested. Inzamamul Haque, one other prime suspect, was additionally arrested close to Jafrabad.
The violence claimed three lives in Murshidabad. Haragobindo Das, 72, and his son Chandan Das, 40, have been hacked to dying by a mob at Jafrabad village in Samserganj. The third particular person, Ezaz Ahmed, 25, was killed in firing by safety forces.
The Nationwide Human Rights Fee (NHRC) and the Nationwide Fee for Ladies (NCW) despatched inquiry groups to the affected areas in the course of the weekend.
The Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP)’s Bengal unit president Sukanta Majumdar visited Jafrabad on Monday and met members of the Das household.
“All the Hindu families are scared. They want the Border Security Force to set up camps here for their security. The state government has to make that request to the Centre. We can urge the Centre to give its permission,” Majumdar, a Union minister of state, informed the media.
The state authorities informed the Calcutta excessive court docket on April 17 that some communal violence occurred in South 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts as properly throughout protests in opposition to the brand new regulation. Nevertheless, Murshidabad, the place Muslims comprise 66 % of the inhabitants, Bengal’s highest, remained in focus due to the deaths and scale of violence.
“The situation is peaceful now. Almost all the families that took shelter in other districts have returned,” Ananda Roy, superintendent of police, Jangipur division, stated.