India, Jan. 20 -- The Calcutta high court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to use central paramilitary forces stationed in Murshidabad district to control the unrest in Beldanga following the death of a local migrant worker in Jharkhand.

"Immediate and effective measures are required to ensure life, liberty, dignity and property of citizens in the said district, including Beldanga," a bench of chief justice Sujoy Paul and justice Partha Sarathi Sen said.

The bench, which was hearing a petition by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari, said the incidents were "worrisome" and the Centre would be at liberty to order a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) if it saw it necessary.

In his petition, Adh...