While tension prevails after the violence in the Muslim-dominated Murshidabad district of Bengal against the Waqf Amendment Act, Hindus are in fear. The situation is such that about 500 Hindus affected by the violence in the district have fled. They have crossed the Bhagirathi River and taken refuge in the Malda district. Leader of Opposition in the state, Suvendu Adhikari, has claimed that people are forced to flee due to fear of fundamentalists. Many people have also gone to Jharkhand. Trinamool Congress MLA from Farakka, Manirul Islam, is also reported to have escaped. His house is locked.
With the arrest of 12 more people in the case, about 150 people have been arrested so far. Three people were killed in violence during a demonstration against the Waqf Amendment Act in the Murshidabad district on Friday. Muslim-dominated In a separate incident, a person was injured by a bullet in Dhuliyan on Saturday evening. In such a situation, amidst the efforts of the administration to establish peace in the violence-hit areas, miscreants again opened fire in the Dhuliyan area of the violence-hit Shamsherganj of the district on Sunday morning. The firing was targeted at the BSF team deployed to assist the state police in restoring peace in the area. Two children were injured in this.
According to a senior BSF officer, on Saturday, too, there were attempts by miscreants to attack BSF jawans at three places in Murshidabad.
