India, Aug. 5 -- Another migrant worker from Goalpokhar in West Bengal's North Dinajpur has alleged that police in Haryana's Panipat tortured and fractured his legs to pressure him to say he was an undocumented Bangladeshi immigrant because he spoke Bengali.

The allegation comes against the backdrop of the return of a large number of migrant workers from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states amid a drive to identify Bangladeshis.

Mohammad Kabir, the second Goalpokhar native to allege torture in Panipat since July 30, said he was detained on July 29. "I told them I am from West Bengal and showed my Aadhar card, but they refused to listen," he told the local media in North Dinajpur. "The torture continued for four days before they...