Two persons were killed in West Bengal's Murshidabad district following violent clashes allegedly linked to ongoing protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, an IPS officer said on Saturday.
The victims, a father and son, were found with multiple stab wounds inside their home in Jafrabad, located in the violence-hit Samserganj area, he added.
According to him, both victims were found lying inside their home and were declared brought dead at a nearby hospital.
Their family alleged that miscreants looted their house and stabbed the two before leaving.
In a separate incident, another person sustained a bullet wound at Dhulian in Samserganj block earlier in the day, the officer said.
Large-scale violence was reported on Friday from Suti and Samserganj areas of the district during protests over the Waqf (Amendment) Act.
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