Published on: Dec 06, 2025 12:38 pm IST
Humayun Kabir, MLA from Murshidabad’s Bharatpur constituency, plan to build the mosque in Beldanga area, which would be modelled on Babri Masjid demolished in Ayodhya on December 6 AI Quick Read
Kolkata: High security arrangements have been put in place across parts of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district ahead of the foundation stone laying of a mosque modelled on Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid by a suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmaker.
Police pickets and camps have been set up at multiple points in the area, and the RAF has also been deployed. (PTI) Humayun Kabir, the MLA from Murshidabad’s Bharatpur constituency, has announced his plan to build the mosque in the district’s Beldanga area, which would be modelled on the Babri Masjid demolished in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.
“More than 4,000 police personnel have been deployed. Two IPS officers in the rank of superintendent of police, at least 30 officers of deputy superintendent rank and around 100 police inspectors have been stationed in areas such as Beldanga and Rejinagar,” said a senior police official.
Police pickets and camps have been set up at multiple points in the area, and the Rapid Action Force (RAF) has also been deployed.
The Beldanga area was rocked by communal violence in April this year. Central police forces are still deployed in the region on orders of the Calcutta high court.
Senior TMC leader Firhad Hakim announced Kabir’s suspension from the party on Thursday, declaring that his conduct amounted to gross indiscipline at a time when the TMC is trying to maintain peace and communal harmony in Bengal.
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