Overview
- A Calcutta High Court bench allowed two PILs seeking deployment of Central forces in Beldanga, with a hearing likely Tuesday.
- Authorities report an eerie calm under sustained patrols by state police and Rapid Action Force units.
- Murshidabad police say about 30 people have been arrested, nine sent to 10 days’ police custody and the rest to 14 days’ judicial custody, including four held over assaults on journalists.
- The protests began after migrant worker Alauddin Sheikh’s body arrived from Jharkhand, with demonstrators blocking NH-12 and nearby rail tracks for hours and injuring at least 12 people in stone pelting.
- TMC MP Yusuf Pathan met the bereaved family and pledged support, while BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari pressed for central paramilitary deployment in a letter to the Governor.