In fact, this is not the first time a riot has erupted in West Bengal.
As early as May 3, 2021, after the election results were announced in West Bengal, India, a large-scale riot broke out, with violence being particularly severe in at least six regions of the state. Homes of about 100 political workers from both parties were attacked and destroyed. According to reports from the British Broadcasting Corporation, at least 17 people died in the clashes, and many were injured. This is the famous 5.3 India Riot Conflict.
Fatima, who is working in Assam, knows the horror of riots all too well.
In 2019, the state she was in experienced a large-scale riot that lasted a week. At that time, the Central Cabinet Government urgently mobilized 50,000 troops to suppress it with all their might. The Eastern Command of the Indian Army dispatched a total of 36 battalions to forcibly quell the riot.
