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Kolkata: Border security forces DIG and PRO (South Bengal Frontier) Nilotpal Kumar Pandey, on Sunday said that the situation remains tense in Murshidabad West Bengal following anti-wakf protests but is under control.
DIG Pandey said, “The situation remains tense, and people are fearful, but it is under control. Yesterday, many areas were in a tense state, but today, the situation has improved. We hope that with everyone’s efforts, normalcy will be restored soon.”
He said the Border Security Force (BSF) has deployed nine companies in Murshidabad’s Suti and Samserganj areas following violent protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act.
“When the situation became tense in two Murshidabad Police Station areas, Suti and Samserganj, we mobilised our troops on the request of the administration. The next day, we added more troops. Today, nine of our companies are deployed in the two Murshidabad police station. We are present in all the hotspots. The order came from the administration itself. At that time, only two companies had been deployed because we had to respond immediately. People are scared,” Pandey told reporters on Sunday.
He said that the situation escalated on Saturday in Samserganj, where BSF personnel were attacked with petrol bombs and stones.
“The situation became serious yesterday. There were regions in the Samserganj area where our teams were attacked with petrol bombs and stones. These (attackers) were the same people who have been making the whole situation tense. Today, the situation has improved. None of our BSF soldiers were seriously injured in the attack. However, certainly, one is bound to get small cuts and injuries when they are subjected to such a heavy rain of stones,” he said.
DIG Pandey said that the BSF is working to restore normalcy in the area.
“Our nine companies are deployed, and whenever we receive an SOS call from people in distress, scared and seeking help, we immediately send teams to those areas. People are frightened, and we are trying to calm them down,” he said.
