The incident sparked a nationwide outrage, especially after West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, a woman herself, downplayed Sandeshkhali rape cases passing them off as ‘minor incident’.
One Hindu woman said that bombs were being hurled in Murshidabad, prompting her to flee her home. Another woman said, “They told us that Modi passed the Bill (Waqf Amendment), and so we will not allow any Hindus to live here.”
After violence in West Bengal's Murshidabad following the amended Waqf law, locals have demanded President's rule in stating that their homes and shops were vandalised
Hundreds of Hindus were seen leaving Dhuliyan in urshidabad on a boat across the Ganga river to the town of Par Lalpur in Kaliachak III subdivision of Malda district.
Massive violence erupted in Murshidabad in West Bengal as a Muslim mob protesting against the Waqf Amendment Act clashed with police, set vehicles on fire, threw stones at trains and vandalized railway stations
BJP spokesperson Amit Malviya shared the video of the attack on Hindu shops and properties. He blamed supporters of Mamata Banerjee of orchestrating vandalism and arson.
"Shaikhpara Bazar committee wants to inform our shopkeeper friends that starting next Friday, all shops will remain closed throughout the day except hotels and the ones selling medicines, sweets, fish, meat, fruits and vegetables," the announcement read.