In the aftermath of the communal violence that engulfed parts of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district in April 2025, a fact-finding committee appointed by the Calcutta High Court has submitted a damning report revealing shocking failures on the part of law enforcement and implicating political

West Bengal is no stranger to political turbulence, but in recent years, it has steadily descended into a pattern of unchecked communal violence, state apathy, and judicial firefighting. The latest eruption in Murshidabad has once again exposed the hollow scaffolding of the state’s law-and-order machinery. What should have been a localized protest against the Waqf […]