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There are strong indications of participation by external forces with the PFI, while the senior police officers do not rule out the political conspiracy, since the younger and most violent elements seemed to be acting synchronizing
Security staff maintains a vigil after recent violent protests on the WAQF (amendment) law, in the Murshidabad district on April 13. (Image: PTI)
They were very households will be tasks, devastated mosques and equally buries that swallowed by the central government under the new WAQF (amendment) law. For hundreds of migrant workers in Murshidabad of Western Bengal, rumors were not just words.
Promoted by fear, manipulated by erroneous information and caused by unfounded rumors, thousands of young men, many of only 14 to 19 years, spilled in the streets of Ira followed by Friday’s prayers on April 11.
What is a dispersed protest when blocking the roads, converted, almost during the night, into coordinated violence in multiple locations: Jangipur, Dhuliyan and Samserggeranj. Government offices and vehicles were burned, trains set fire and police vehicles, as well as the attacked ambulances. The Hindu houses were attacked while a father and a son were pirate until death. The aggression was focused, frantic and, the authorities said, deeply alarming and too castes.
Breaking the attacks
Despite a senior police team, including officers classified by ADG and IG, camping in the area since April 9 to maintain order, the situation became a spiral.
“Multiple fronts were opened at the same time. It was strategic and Saudden. It was a well -thought conspiracy and the perpetrators were part of a well -greased machinery,” said a high police officer.
Police responded with restriction, but possible, dismissal became the last resort in the last hours of April 11. “Since Wednesday, our senior officials led by officers classified with IG have been celebrating meetings with local mosques. All the aforementioned confontscey and took gekéricos or Teken. And they agreed to support the government to maintain peace.
“From Friday morning, after Namaaz, well coordinated attacks were launched. The police received hundreds of anguish calls, and many were forced to deceive. This cannot happen without planning. At a time when the police forces were occupied fighting against the attacks against public and private properties, a section raided the Hindu villages, the houses razed and the temples that led to another Two communities, “added the officer.
PFI’s participation was suspicious, evidence that is rebuilt
Behind the scene, as at least 150 people were arrested, the researchers are now reconstructing what many fear now: this was not just another instance of spontaneous indignation. There are strong indications of participation by external forces, with the popular front of India (PFI), a forbidden outfit that previously had a solid base in Murshidabad in the border locations and its surroundings.
Superior officers, meanwhile, do not rule out political conspiracy. The youngest and most violent elements seemed to be acting synchronizing, raising Conerns or deeper coordination.
With multiple emerging details, the Indian Secular Front (ISF) is also under the scanner. Until now, most people arrested are local residents: young, impressionable and exploited.
The Hindu ‘displaced’
At least 40 Hindu families moved temporarily through the river in the midst of violence, waiting for normality before returning, said another high -level police officer.
“They crossed the river and the Toks refuge in the houses of their relatives in Baishnabnagar, Ghospara and other places. We are in contact with them. We will bring them back soon,” he said that the west rhythm of the Willes dough, who killed the father-son duo.
District administration and police officers continue to have peace talks with magnets and community leaders to restore calm. Among those 150 people arrested, most are migrant workers who returned home for the festive season.
Many of them joined Jharkhand’s strangers. His profiles, young and frustrated, ask more questions about who can be feeding these disturbances.
While the damage is still being evaluated, what is clear is that Murshidabad is now dealing not only with violence, but also with a deeper rupture, where fear and random rumors were armed and the truth was lost.
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Murshidabad, India, India