India, April 15 -- The West Bengal police on Tuesday arrested two men in connection with the April 12 murder of a 72-year-old man and his 40-year-old son at Jafrabad village in Murshidabad amid violent protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act notified by the Centre.

Haragobindo Das, 72, and his son Chandan, 40, were hacked to death by a mob that broke into their house in the Samserganj police station area amid violent protests against the recently enforced Waqf Amendment Act by local Muslims who comprise 66% of the district's population.

The violence, in which police were attacked and properties destroyed, rocked Suti, Raghunathganj, Dhuliyan and Samserganj towns and adjacent rural areas close to the Bangladesh border for five days.

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