West Bengal

The police, alongside the Rapid Action Force (RAF,) were equipped with tear gas vehicles in advance to quell democratic protests against the Mamata government.

The victims narrated chilling testimonials of murder, attacks on Hindu temples and homes and the role played by mosques in supervising the violence. They also highlighted the inaction of the local police, and the complicity of TMC councillors in the violence.

"We are writing this from a hidden location, not only fearing the threats of the ruling party but also the police who are continually threatening us," the wife and daughter-in-law of Haragobindo Das said.

West Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose has sent a report to the central government after visiting Murshidabad and Malda after anti-Waqf violence

A BJP worker was allegedly attacked by a TMC worker with a razor in Jangalgram, Madanpur in the Nadia district of West Bengal

Earlier, an online complaint was filed by an RTI activist named Jayanta Das, in which he accused Ramakrishna Das Mahapatra of removing the wood without taking permission from the temple administration.

Initially, the Pakistani national somehow convinced the ED officials that he was from Bangladesh’s Feni district, however, they began suspecting his nationality after examining his WhatsApp chats and call records.

While only Hindus are allowed inside the Puri Jagannath temple in Odisha and rightly so as the temple belongs to the Hindu deity Lord Jagannath, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, it is being said that people of all faiths will be allowed inside the Digha Jagannath temple.

"BJP carried out this attack to divert the public from the new Waqf law," Marjina Khatun alleged.

"They threatened to abduct me from my home, called me on Messenger repeatedly and gave rape threats," Priyanka Dutta narrated as she broke down in tears.