India, April 13 -- At least three people were killed and dozens, including police personnel,injured in violent protests over the Waqf (Amendment) Act that continued for a second day in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, prompting the Calcutta high court to order deployment of central reinforcements in the region.

The large-scale violence began on Friday in the Suti and Samserganj areas when mobs attacked homes, set vehicles ablaze and pelted security forces with stones in the Muslim-dominated district along the Bangladesh border. People identified two of the victims as Haragobindo Das, 65, and his son Chandan Das, 40, who family members said were dragged from their home, beaten and stabbed to death in Samserganj. Police did not comment ...