Kolkata/IBNS, April 8 -- A protest rally in West Bengal's Murshidabad against the contentious Waqf Act turned violent on Tuesday when a clash broke out between the protesters and police, media reports said.

The situation escalated after police intervened to prevent the protesters from blocking a key road in the area.

The protesters also vandalised a police vehicle.

The Act came into effect on Tuesday, April 8.

BJP leader Amit Malviya slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led government for the clashes in Murshidabad.

"The West Bengal Police is struggling to rein in the violent Islamist mob rampaging through the streets of Murshidabad-possibly under instructions from Home Minister Mamata Banerjee herself. Her inflammatory speeches have directly...