New Delhi, April 13 -- BJP Lok Sabha MP from West Bengal, Jyotirmay Singh Mahato has on Sunday written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, requesting that the affected border districts of the State be declared as "disturbed areas" under AFSPA due to the alleged repeated communal attacks on Hindus.

This came after violence that erupted in West Bengal's Murshidabad district in protests against the Waqf Amendment Act, with clashes between demonstrators and police resulting in stone-pelting and torched police vehicles.

In his letter, Mahato said that districts like Murshidabad, Malda, Nadia, and South 24 Parganas have seen repeated attacks on the Hindu community.

He claimed that over 86 Hindu homes and shops were looted and destroyed in Murs...