No Violence In Past 48 Hours & Normalcy Returning But Tight Vigil Continues In Murshidabad

Haragobindo Das, 72, and his son Chandan, 40, were hacked to death by a mob that broke into their house in the Samserganj police station area amid violent protests against the recently enforced Waqf Amendment Act by local Muslims who comprise 66% of the district’s population.

The violence, in which police were attacked and properties destroyed, rocked Suti, Raghunathganj, Dhuliyan and Samserganj towns and adjacent rural areas close to the Bangladesh border for five days.

At Samserganj, additional director general of police (south Bengal) Supratim Sarkar said: “Several people involved in the two murders were identified from security camera footage. Of them, Kalu Nadab was nabbed on Monday night from Murarai in Birbhum district where he was hiding. His brother Dildar Nadab was picked up from Suti.”