As Bengal Celebrates New Year, Murshidabad Wears Deserted Look Amid Tight Security

The Bengali New Year, which was observed on Tuesday, April 15, is widely celebrated across Bengal and also in parts of Bangladesh, Assam and Tripura.

Security personnel stand guard in a violence-affected area, in Murshidabad district, West Bengal.

Source : PTI

As West Bengal celebrates its 'Pohela Boishakh' or the Begali New Year on Tuesday, the Murshidabad district wears a deserted look days after violence killed three people in the area.

Bengal Police and authorities said that no fresh violence has been reported in the past 48 hours even as personnel of the BSF, CRPF, State Armed Police and RAF remained deployed in large numbers in Jangipur, Dhuliyan, Suti and Shamsherganj, according to news agency PTI.

The Bengali New Year, which was observed on Tuesday, April 15, is widely celebrated across Bengal and also in parts of Bangladesh, Assam and Tripura. The people celebrate this day with great joy and zeal around the country as the Bengali community celebrate with great splendor.

On the Bengali New Year in Murshidabad, the shops remained shut, markets remained closed and heavy police deployment in the violence-hit areas.

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The Bengal police said the situation in Murshidabad is gradually returning to normal, with shops reopening and displaced families starting to come back.

The demonstrations soon escalated into clashes, leaving at least three people dead and several injured.

TMC MP from Jangipur, Khalilur Rahman, said “many among those having left their homes are returning and life is getting back to normal in all the violence-hit pockets. The state government is assisting the affected people”.

Meanwhile, vehicular traffic movement has resumed to normal along the Basanti Highway in Bhangar area in South 24 Parganas district, which witnessed fresh episodes of Waqf Act-related violence on Monday.

Supporters of the Indian Secular Front (ISF) had clashed with the police at Bhangar on Monday, leading to several injuries, vandalising of public properties and the torching of multiple police vehicles.

The clashes erupted when police stopped ISF supporters from heading towards Ramlila Maidan in central Kolkata to attend an anti-Waqf Act rally addressed by party leader and Bhangar MLA Naushad Siddique.