India, April 14 -- A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday to seek a court-monitored probe into the violence that broke out in West Bengal during protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, alleging that the violence was aimed at Hindus.

Advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha, who filed the petition, also sought orders against the West Bengal administration and police for their failure to control the violence in which three people lost their lives in West Bengal's Murshidabad district and demanded compensation and rehabilitation for the victims.

Jha said the violent incidents that took place on April 12 need to be probed by an independent special investigation team (SIT) monitored by the court. Claiming that the violence was "politica...