Overview

• Protests over the amended Waqf Act in Murshidabad escalated into violence on April 11-12, leaving three dead and several injured.
• Authorities have deployed BSF, CRPF, State Armed Police, and RAF to stabilize the region, with no new incidents reported in the past 48 hours.
• An intelligence report suggests involvement of Bangladeshi radical groups, JMB and ABT, allegedly aided by local political leaders in inciting violence.
• In South 24 Parganas, nine Indian Secular Front supporters were arrested following clashes with police during an anti-Waqf Act protest on April 14.
• Shops have reopened and displaced families are returning home in Murshidabad, signaling a gradual return to normalcy under close monitoring by state and central authorities.