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\n A view of a damaged house after a protest over the Waqf (Amendment) Act turned violent on April 8, 2025, in Murshidabad\u2019s Jangipur area, on April 9, 2025.
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Twenty-two people were apprehended following an incident of violence and arson during a protest rally against the passage of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 in Parliament at West Bengal\u2019s Murshidabad on Tuesday, a senior police official said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The officer added that around nine persons were in police custody, and the rest were in judicial custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRaids are on since Tuesday night. We are scanning CCTV footage to identify more people from the incident,\u201d the senior police official told The Hindu.<\/p>\n
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On Tuesday evening, violence erupted when about 100 protesters, rallying and sloganeering against the Waqf (Amendment) Act clashed with the police near the Umarpur crossing under the Raghunathganj police station area along National Highway 12. <\/p>\n
The official said that after protestors vandalised police vehicles and attacked police personnel, the police resorted to lathi charge and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse the crowd. The situation was reportedly brought under control within a few hours.<\/p>\n
The District Magistrate of Murshidabad, Rajarshi Mitra, passed a 48-hour prohibitory order on Tuesday evening under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita for the areas under the Raghunathganj and Suti police stations of Murshidabad. The order prohibits the assembly of five or more persons in one place. <\/p>\n
The order is effective from 6 p.m. on Tuesday to 6 p.m. on Thursday. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, West Bengal Home Secretary Nandini Chakraborty on Tuesday passed an order suspending Internet services in the Jangipur Sub Division area in Murshidabad from Tuesday till 6 p.m. on Friday. <\/p>\n
With prohibitory orders in place, the Jangipur area initially remained quiet and deserted on Wednesday morning, with frequent patrolling and picketing by police personnel. <\/p>\n
However, as the day wore on, reports emerged of fresh protests near the Ahiran bridge in the Jangipur subdivision\u2019s Suti area.<\/p>\n
\u201cA big rally in connection to the Waqf law was scheduled at Suti today. Despite prohibitory orders, around 20-25 boys had gathered there and burnt one tyre at around 11 a.m. today (Wednesday). The National Highway was blocked for some time, but the police quickly chased them away and brought the situation under control,\u201d the senior police official said.<\/p>\n
The official added that any reports of violence at Suti were a \u201crumour\u201d, and that the Jangipur and Suti areas were peaceful and normal on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was another massive rally at Textile More in Berhampore at Murshidabad against the passage of the Waqf (Amendment) Act. The rally passed peacefully. There was no violence there either,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n
CM must resign: BJP<\/p>\n
West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose condemned the violence in Murshidabad on his social media handle on Tuesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The post, made by the Officer on Special Duty on the Governor\u2019s behalf, said Mr. Bose had directed the State government to take immediate \u201cbold action\u201d to curb the violence, and submit a report.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe situation where vested interests foment trouble cannot be tolerated and should be curbed. The peaceful passage of Shri Ram Navami festivities show the camaraderie among people of Bengal and the competence of the administration, the political parties, the silent majority, the media and all stakeholders. Any attempts to frustrate that needs to be put down with an iron hand,\u201d the Governor\u2019s social media post read.<\/p>\n
While Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday reassured minority populations that she would \u201cprotect them and their properties\u201d, the president of the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Sukanta Majumdar, demanded her resignation.<\/p>\n
\u201cMurshidabad is burning, State police is getting beaten up, and Mamata Banerjee is busy playing the appeasement game!…This is not just a law and order failure \u2014 it\u2019s a total collapse of governance. The failed CM must step down immediately! Enough of protecting vote banks while the state suffers,\u201d he wrote on social media platform X.<\/p>\n
He also criticised the Murshidabad District Magistrate for his handling of the law and order situation in the region.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe recently passed Waqf (Amendment) Act is now the law of the land, after being passed by both the Houses of the Parliament and getting Presidential assent\u2026 The WB Govt and Administration are failing to maintain law & order, because they are deliberately turning a blind eye to protect the ruling party\u2019s vote bank,\u201d BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari said on social media.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
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