India, April 13 -- West Bengal Police Director General Rajeev Kumar, who travelled in the trouble-torn Murshidabad area in West Bengal, on Sunday said the situation in the district is under control.

Speaking to the media, Kumar said, "The situation is fully under control."

Attacked by marauding mobs, Hindus from villages fled in boats and by roads to adjacent district Malda as Islamic violence claimed three lives and destroyed properties in Muslim-majority Murshidabad district reeling under a firestorm of protests against the Centre's Waqf (Amendment) Act.

Videos from ferry ghats showed hordes of Hindu families, including women, children and elderly, fleeing to the safety of Malda district.

Video footage captured people crossing the r...