Murshidabad anti-Waqf Bill violence: Twenty two arrested; internet suspended; Prohibitory Orders imposed
A view of a damaged house after a protest over the Waqf (Amendment) Act turned violent on April 8, 2025, in Murshidabad’s Jangipur area, on April 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI “At least 22 people were apprehended following an incident of violence and arson during a protest rally against the passage of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, at West Bengal’s Murshidabad on Tuesday (April 8, 2025),” a police officer said on Wednesday (April 9, 2025.) The District Magistrate of Murshidabad Rajarshi Mitra passed a 48-hour Prohibitory Order on Tuesday (April 8, 2025) evening under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita for the areas under the Raghunathganj and Suti police stations of Murshidabad. It prohibits the assembly of five or more people in one place. The order is effective from 6 p.m. Tuesday (April 8, 2025) to 6 p.m. on Thursday (April 10, 2025). Similarly, West Bengal Home Secretary Nandini Chakraborty on Tuesday (April 8, 2025) passed an order suspending internet services in the Jangipur Sub Division area in Murshidabad from Tuesday (April 8, …








