Murshidabad violence: Two arrested from Odisha for murder of father, son
The police in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district on Monday arrested two men in connection with the murder of a father and son in West Bengal’s Murshidabad during violence that erupted amid protests against the Waqf Amendment Act, The Indian Express reported.
Harogobind Das, 72, and his 40-year-old son Chandan Das were killed by a mob on April 11 in the district’s Samserganj area.
The two men arrested on Monday were identified as Bani Israel and Sefaul Haque. They hail from the Sulitala village in the Murshidabad district.
At the request of the West Bengal Police’s Special Task Force, the Banharpali Police in Jharsuguda carried out raids, and took the two accused men in custody, The Hindu quoted Jharsuguda Superintendent of Police Parmar Smit Parshottamdas as saying.
“During the apprehension, one pistol was found in the possession of the accused persons, and they attempted to flee from police custody,” Parshottamdas said.
The officer said that the police filed four rounds as warning shots in the air to deter them from escaping. “Due to the quick response of the police team, both accused were successfully apprehended,” he said.
The widow of Harogobindo Das alleged in the first information report that a mob had dragged her husband and son out of their home and murdered them. “Though there were many people, the murder was committed by few...
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