India, April 14 -- As 17 companies of central police force, deployed in Murshidabad's Jangipur sub-division on the Calcutta high court's April 12 order work with the state police to restore peace, police officers scrutinising the incidents said there was a pattern in the violence that rocked Suti, Raghunathganj, Dhuliyan and Shamserganj towns and adjacent rural areas for five days.

"It all started on April 7 with a rally at Suti against the new Waqf Amendment Act. On April 8, mobs suddenly attacked the police and set police vehicles on fire at Raghunathganj. NH-12, a vital road that connects north and south Bengal, was blocked for hours," a senior police officer said, requesting anonymity.

As the administration suspended internet servic...