The West Bengal Police has 22 persons in Murshidabad in connection with the violent protests that took place on Tuesday against the recent amendments to the Waqf Act, PTI reported on Thursday.

On Tuesday, a mob with the police, threw stones and set the vehicles of security forces on fire in the Jangipur area of Murshidabad. Several police personnel were injured in the clashes, the Hindustan Times quoted Jangipur Superintendent of Police Ananda Roy as saying.

Rajarshi Mitra, the district magistrate, told The Indian Express that some organisations had held protest rallies and . “When police tried to lift the blockade, the incident took place,” Mitra said.

The police resorted to lathi charge and used teargas shells to disperse the mob.

Later in the day, orders prohibiting public gatherings were imposed in the area. West Bengal’s Home Secretary Nandini Chakraborty also issued orders to suspend the internet in Jangipur till 6 pm on April 11.

On Wednesday, PTI quoted an unidentified police officer as saying that the situation was peaceful in the area. A huge contingent of police personnel was maintaining strict vigil in the sensitive areas, especially around Jangipur, he added.

“Not a single untoward incident was reported from anywhere in the district,” the news agency quoted the officer as saying.

He added that prohibitory orders...