US EditionMigrant worker lynched on suspicion of being Bangladeshi immigrant in Sambalpur
- On Wednesday evening, a 30-year-old migrant labourer from Murshidabad was beaten to death at a tea stall in Shantinagar, Sambalpur, around 8.30 pm.
- Co-Workers and family of Juel Sheikh say the attack began after a group of four to five unidentified persons accused the men of being undocumented immigrants, while Odisha Police said the assault followed a sudden provocation involving a beedi.
- Armed with bamboo sticks, the group started beating the workers after demanding Aadhaar and identity documents; three fled while the miscreants caught and thrashed Juel despite valid IDs.
- Police have arrested six people and said inquiries are ongoing; the injured Akir Sheikh and Palash Sheikh were hospitalized, while the body was kept at the District Headquarters Hospital morgue with a post-mortem on Thursday.
- The case has drawn political attention as Samirul Islam warned Bengali-speaking migrant workers face targeting in BJP-ruled states, while local Trinamool Congress leaders and Emani Biswas visited the victim's home and promised assistance.
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‘They asked for our Aadhaar cards’: West Bengal resident lynched in Odisha
Jewel Sheikh, a mason working in Sambalpur, died after a group allegedly attacked him with bamboo sticks following a dispute at a tea stall. Six accused have been arrested, while Bengal political leaders demanded justice and compensation amid growing fears among Bengali-speaking migrant workers.
Bengali migrant worker lynched in Odisha, six arrested
Sambalpur: A 30-year-old Muslim migrant worker from West Bengal was allegedly killed in Odisha’s Sambalpur district following an altercation over a bidi, police said on Thursday. Juel Sheikh was working, along with a few others from West Bengal, in the construction of a building in Shanti Nagar in the Ainthapalli police station area, they said. On Wednesday night, when they were returning from work, a group of six men stopped them and asked for …
Migrant worker from West Bengal lynched in Odisha, six arrested
A 30-year-old migrant labourer from West Bengal’s Murshidabad district was lynched in Odisha’s Sambalpur on Wednesday, The Indian Express reported. Six persons have been arrested for the killing.The victim, Jewel Sheikh, hailed from Murshidabad’s Chakbahadurpur village, and was working as a labourer in Odisha’s Sambalpur.While his co-workers and family members alleged that he was attacked on suspicion of being an undocumented immigrant from Bang…
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