Family of Murshidabad riots victims decline Mamata Banerjee's compensation

The widows have instead demanded the establishment of a permanent Border Security Force (BSF) and police camp in the Zafrabad village, which was left in shock after the father-son were hacked to death on April 13.

The victims' families, as reports claim, couldn't even conduct the rituals after the death of Harogobinda and Chandan Das as no priest and barber attended it out of fear.

"Can the Chief Minister bring my husband and father-in-law back? If the police had arrived on time, we wouldn't have lost them. We want justice and exemplary punishment for the killers," Chandan Das' wife Pinki Das said as quoted by Deccan Herald.

Meanwhile, the family of another victim Ejaj Ahmad Sheikh, who succumbed to bullet injuries following police firing during the protests, demanded an inquiry into the incident.

Ejaj's family is yet to decide on whether to accept the compensation or not.

Anti-Waqf violence in Murshidabad

The tension gripped the Muslim-dominated Murshidabad district after three people were killed, railway tracks were blocked, and there was arson and vandalism by the violent protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act held primarily in Jangipur, Samserganj, Dhuliyan and Suti.

Over 200 people have been arrested in connection with that violence so far.

Attacked by marauding mobs, Hindus from villages fled in boats and via roads to the adjacent district of Malda as Islamic violence claimed three lives and destroyed properties.

The situation was brought under control and the tension was reigned after central forces were deployed as per the directive of the Calcutta High Court in response to Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari's plea.

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