Tension gripped West Bengal's Murshidabad, where protests against the Waqf Act turned violent as the mob resorted to vandalism and setting public property on fire.
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00:00Charred remains of what was a traffic outpost here in Shuti in Mosheedabad.
00:06This of course was set on fire by angry protesters.
00:10This is Shuti P.S. traffic outpost, Jungipur police district.
00:17And this is located right adjacent to the national highway.
00:20This is the highway that was actually blocked by protesters yesterday.
00:23Angry protesters who clashed with police and then set this police outpost on fire.
00:31And I'll ask my camera person to show this is what remains.
00:35So the anger spilling onto the streets in Mosheedabad district as we have been reporting since yesterday.
00:42There have been several locations in which angry protesters blocked the national highway.
00:48The police had to use force, use lathe charge and fire tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.
00:56And what actually resulted in a clash between police and the locals here.
01:03There was stone pelting incidents.
01:06Several policemen got injured.
01:07And therefore things became extremely tense after massive protests that rocked various locations in Mosheedabad.
01:16Following five-day pairs with protesters protesting against, expressing their anger against the Walk-off Amendment Act.
01:25With camera person Tapus Bairi in Rujit for India today in Mursheedabad.