Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari demands NIA probe into Murshidabad riots

Adhikari said the rioters' family members, who work in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states, will be listed to pay compensation.

"We will publish a list of people who rioted in areas under Suti, Jangipur, Farakka, Samserganj police stations... We want the NIA probe into the Murshidabad riot to start soon.

"People, who work in the BJP-ruled states as migrant labourers, will have to repair Hindu homes and temples on behalf of their kins involved in this jihadist attack. We are preparing a list of those people," Adhikari said.

Adhikari, who is one of the topmost leaders of the state BJP, compared Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Bangladesh interim government's chief adviser Mohammed Yunus, whose administration was marked by widespread attack on Hindus who are minorities in the South Asian country.

"Yunus and Mamata are the same. West Bengal is similar to the current Bangladesh where Jamaat and extremist forces are working.

"The Bangladesh government under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina never used to grant visas to Siddiqullah Chowdhury (West Bengal minister) who is leading the riot and threatening to attack Kolkata," the LoP said.

The Murshidabad district is on the boil over the Islamist violence over Waqf (Amendment) Act leading at least 500 Hindus to flee the Muslim-dominated district.

Attacked by marauding mobs, Hindus from villages fled in boats and roads to adjacent district Malda as Islamic violence claimed three lives and destroyed properties in Muslim-majority Murshidabad district reeling under a firestorm of protests against the Centre's Waqf (Amendment) Act.

While 150 people have been arrested so far, according to media reports, several areas of the district continue to remain tense, even on Sunday. The areas affected by violence include Suti, Dhulian, Samserganj, and Jangipur.

West Bengal Police have now said that the situation is under control, and prohibitory orders are in place to prevent large gatherings.

Videos from ferry ghats showed hordes of Hindu families, including women, children and elderly, fleeing to the safety of Malda district.

Video footage captured people crossing the river from Dhulian Ferry Ghat in Murshidabad to Parlalpur High School in Kaliachak Block 3 of Malda district.

Among the victims are a father and son who were hacked to death by a violent mob in the remote Jafrabad area of Shamsherganj on Saturday after the village came under attack, police sources told India Today.  Another- a youth- died from a bullet wound, said reports.

The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the deployment of central paramilitary forces in Murshidabad to restore order following large-scale communal violence across several districts in West Bengal over the Waqf Amendment Act.

The decision came during a special hearing held on a court holiday, after Adhikari moved a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking urgent central intervention.