New Delhi, April 11 -- Violence erupted in West Bengal's Murshidabad during a protest on Friday, April 11 against the Waqf Act, with reports of a police van and several other vehicles being set on fire. Internet has been suspended in the district following violent protests and the authorities have also deployed police force in violence-hit areas. The office of a local Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader was also reportedly ransacked amid the unrest.

Earlier in the day, dozens of protesters blocked the National Highway 12 near Dhulian under Jangipur subdivision but as the police intervened, the protesters allegedly pelted stones at them and other vehicles, prompting the police to resort to lathicharge.

"As policemen tried to lift the blockad...