A total of 8 companies of central forces have been deployed in the disturbed areas of Murshidabad. One company left from Kolkata and three companies from Junglemahal. A CRPF company and 4 companies including RAF came from Jharkhand. An IG rank officer of CRPF has reached Murshidabad. Initially it is known that the Central Forces will work to keep the national highway normal and to keep the region free from unrest.
On the other hand, the Border Security Force (BSF) will be present in the villages and residential areas along the border, in the event of any unrest, the CRPF will assist the state police as required.
Let us know that in the last few days, there have been reports of unrest in many areas including Suti, Shamsherganj and Jangipur due to protests against the Waqf Act. A total of three people have died. Many policemen have been injured.
Central force deployed in violence affected areas
Although the police have repeatedly said that they should not pay attention to rumors, yet they had to take immediate action to stop unrest. State Director General of Police Rajiv Kumar has reached Murshidabad on Saturday evening. An officer of BSF IG rank also went there.
The Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Shubhendu Adhikari approached the High Court to demand the central forces. The Calcutta High Court ordered the deployment of central forces to control unrest in Murshidabad. The hearing took place in the special bench of Justice Samen Sen and Justice Raja Basu Chaudhary. On the other hand, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has already posted a message of peace by posting on social media.
On the other hand, people are scared of violence. ADG South Bengal Supreme Government visited the violence affected areas. Actually, State Police DG Rajiv Kumar reached Shamsherganj on Saturday evening. Then BSF Inspector General of South Bengal Frontier Karni Singh Shekhawat reached the spot and now the ADG of South Bengal has reached the spot.
Panic in the area due to violence
Ten police officers of DSP rank were deployed to handle the situation in Shamsherganj. According to hospital sources, apart from this, three SI rank officials have also been included in this team.
On this day, as soon as he went to the spot, the common people told him their complaints. All of them have told how frightened they are. Today the Supreme Government went to the spot and asked, “What happened? What happened?” Then the women of the area came forward. He had practically filed a complaint. He told everyone how he spent the whole night and what was the situation.
Meanwhile, a team of police and paramilitary forces is engaged in a search operation since this morning, BSF patrolling is also going on. It has been told that the police is keeping a close watch on various areas of Dhulian municipality and nearby villages.