India, April 21 -- Eight suspects in the April 12 murder of a man and his son during the communal violence in West Bengal's Murshidabad district were arrested from Jharsuguda in Odisha on Monday, a Bengal police official aware of the probe said.

Communal violence rocked the Jangipur sub-division of Murshidabad from April 8 to 12 when protests against the newly enforced Waqf (Amendment) Act led to rioting.

Monday's arrests were made by the special task force (STF) of the West Bengal Police after it interrogated 16 Murshidabad residents working as migrant labourers in various parts of Jharsuguda district.

"These people came home during Eid and returned to Odisha. The arrested men include both sons of Jiaul Sheikh, one of the prime suspec...