Bengal Governor to submit report on Murshidabad violence to Centre

West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose has said that he will take up the incident of communal violence at Murshidabad with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and also submit a report on his findings on the ground-level situations there to the Central government. The Governor told the mediapersons on his way back to Kolkata after completing his tour of the troubled areas in Murshidabad district. He said that what he learned from the affected people is that barbaric attacks have been conducted on them. He said such attacks are not acceptable in a civilised society.
The Governor said that he would take up the matter with the Chief Minister as well as with the Union government. He also said it is the responsibility of both the Union and state governments to protect the people. Bose also said that the situation in the troubled areas has improved to a great extent following the deployment of central armed police forces there. “The local people have certain specific demands. They want permanent CAPF camps. I will convey their demands to the right place. The people there want justice. I am always there with them,” the West Bengal Governor said. He also said that the situation in the troubled pockets in Murshidabad has improved to a great extent following the deployment of CAPF there.

#WATCH | Murshidabad: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose says, "... What happened is barbaric... This should never happen again. People are in panic... We should re-establish normalcy there and bring people to confidence that there is someone to protect them, and also take all… https://t.co/3OILiOXcq5 pic.twitter.com/16uMAMwMQY

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He met the family members of a man and his son, who were killed after violence broke out during the protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Act protests in Murshidabad. The bodies of the man and his son - Harogobindo Das and Chandan Das - were found in their house with multiple stab wounds.