Dehradun, May 22 -- The three-member committee appointed by the Calcutta High Court to inquire into the Murshidabad violence in West Bengal, which took place on 8 April and continued to fester till 12 April, when the Central Armed Police Forces were deployed and brought matters under control, has severely indicted the state government's handling of the situation. It has been confirmed that the Hindu population was singled out, people were killed and as many as 113 homes looted and destroyed. This was done in the vicinity of the local police station under the leadership of a local TMC Councilor. The rampage was triggered by protests against the Waqf Amendment Act.
The committee has highlighted the fact that the police not only failed to act...