Kolkata/IBNS, April 15 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appealed for peace and requested all communities to not get provoked amid the violent anti-Waqf Act protests that claimed three lives and led at least 500 Hindus to flee the Muslim-dominated Mushidabad district.

Speaking at the inauguration of Kalighat Skywalk in Kolkata, Mamata sent a message of secularism and appealed to people to not take laws into their own hands.

After Murshidabad, fresh violence hits Bengal's South 24 Parganas

After days of tension in Murshidabad, fresh violence erupted at Bhangar in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas on Monday during a protest against the Centre's Waqf (Amendment) Act.

Viral videos on social media showed police motorbik...