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The Hindu
13-05-2025
- The Hindu
All 13 accused in Murshidabad father-son murder are locals, some known to the family
Most of the accused in the Murshidabad father-son murder case were locals known to the victims and their family, a high-ranking official of West Bengal police told The Hindu on Tuesday (May 13, 2025). On Tuesday, West Bengal police made their 13th arrest in connection with the Jafrabad murder. The accused, Yusuf Sheikh, is a resident of Dighri village in the same area. He was apprehended from the nearby Suti Police Station area. Also Read | One of prime accused in murder of father-son in riot-hit Murshidabad held A month back, on April 12, father-son duo Harogobind Das and Chandan Das were dragged out of their home in Jafrabad in the Samsherganj police station area of Murshidabad, and brutally murdered allegedly in communal violence, the West Bengal police had said earlier. Additionally, on April 11 and April 12, properties and vehicles were also torched and vandalised in the area by a mob protesting against the recently passed Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, forcing many residents of Samsherganj's Dhulian municipality and Tinpakuria gram panchayat to flee. The West Bengal police officer on Tuesday added that all 13 accused who have been apprehended so far in connection with the murder are locals of the area, most of them aged 35 or under. Roughly two of them were arrested from Odisha, three were arrested from Jharkhand, and the rest were arrested from different parts of West Bengal. 'The bereaved family had identified six people, of whom four have been named in the First Information Report. However, they might have known more of them, but could not possibly register their identities in the moment, due to the traumatising nature of the crime,' the officer said. The accused were carrying sticks and swords during the violence, he added. The offending weapon used in the murder, the police officer said, was an incisive sword-like weapon that had a sharp 90-degree bend towards the top. The alleged murder weapon has already been recovered by the police. Multiple suspects are currently in judicial custody, while the recently apprehended are in police custody. 'The first arrest was made on April 15. All accused have been charged with murder, however, the police have made a prayer to the court to add more sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, particularly the section related to mob lynching,' the police officer said, adding that the investigation is still underway.
Scroll.in
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Scroll.in
Murshidabad violence: Two arrested from Odisha for murder of father, son
The police in Odisha's Jharsuguda district on Monday arrested two men in connection with the murder of a father and son in West Bengal's Murshidabad during violence that erupted amid protests against the Waqf Amendment Act, The Indian Express reported. Harogobind Das, 72, and his 40-year-old son Chandan Das were killed by a mob on April 11 in the district's Samserganj area. The two men arrested on Monday were identified as Bani Israel and Sefaul Haque. They hail from the Sulitala village in the Murshidabad district. At the request of the West Bengal Police's Special Task Force, the Banharpali Police in Jharsuguda carried out raids, and took the two accused men in custody, The Hindu quoted Jharsuguda Superintendent of Police Parmar Smit Parshottamdas as saying. 'During the apprehension, one pistol was found in the possession of the accused persons, and they attempted to flee from police custody,' Parshottamdas said. The officer said that the police filed four rounds as warning shots in the air to deter them from escaping. 'Due to the quick response of the police team, both accused were successfully apprehended,' he said. The widow of Harogobindo Das alleged in the first information report that a mob had dragged her husband and son out of their home and murdered them. 'Though there were many people, the murder was committed by few people,' she alleged in the FIR, naming five suspects. Earlier, on April 15, the West Bengal Police had arrested two other individuals – Asmaul Nadab, alias Kalu Nadab, and Dildar Nadab – for the murder. While Kalu Nadab was among the initial suspects named in the police complaint, his brother Dildar was not. Violence broke out in Murshidabad on April 11 and 12 during protests against the Waqf Amendment Act passed by Parliament on April 4. Three persons, including Chandan and Hargobind Das, were killed in the violence. The third fatality was that of a man named Ijaz Momin, who was allegedly shot dead by the police in the Suti town in Murshidabad. The rioting led hundreds of Hindus, who are a minority in Murshidabad district, to flee to neighbouring Malda. The Waqf Amendment Act curbs the authority of waqf boards and allows greater government control over them. Critics allege that the amended law violates the right to equality and the freedom to manage religious affairs. A waqf is an endowment under Islamic law dedicated to a religious, educational or charitable cause. Each state has a waqf board led by a legal entity vested with the power to acquire, hold and transfer property.
