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Fresh unrest was reported astatine Beldanga successful Murshidabad territory connected Saturday (January 17, 2026) arsenic locals blocked National Highway 12. Hundreds of locals gathered connected the road astatine Barua More successful Beldanga, bringing postulation connected NH-12 to a standstill and triggering agelong queues of stranded vehicles.
Protesters besides damaged a railway gross and attempted to disrupt bid services along the Sealdah Lalgola railway conception of Eastern Railway.
After a fewer hours of blockade, the constabulary swung into enactment and utilized unit to disperse the mob and assistance the blockade. Large fig of constabulary unit led by the District Police Superintendent conducted way marches to disperse the mob.
“There were immoderate blockades wherever we had to edifice to baton complaint and person cleared everything. Situation is normal, shops are open,” Kumar Sunny Raj, Superintendent of Police, Murshidabad told media persons. The SP said that astir 15 to 20 person picked up for unit implicit the past 2 days.
Violence had erupted successful Beldanga connected Friday (January 16, 2026) pursuing the decease of 36-year-old Alauddin Sheikh, migrant idiosyncratic from the country who was killed successful Jharkhand. The concern was brought nether power 5 hours aft Murshidabad District Magistrate and elder officials tried to pacify the agitated mob.
A pistillate writer of a vernacular tv quality transmission sustained injuries successful the unit connected Friday (January 16, 2026). The SP said attempts are being made to place the perpetrators who attacked the writer based connected CCTV footage. On Saturday (January 17, 2026) different writer of a tv quality transmission was assaulted.
More than 12 radical person sustained injuries successful the unit implicit the past 2 days. BJP nationalist spokesperson Sambit Patra astatine a property league highlighted an battle connected the pistillate writer astatine Beldanga and said that media persons should basal successful solidarity with the assaulted media person.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had said connected Friday (January 16, 2026) that migrant workers are being targeted successful different States and the “anger of the minorities was justified”. Ms. Banerjee said that she does not enactment specified unit but everything is not successful her hands.
