Bengal CM condemns killing of migrant worker in Odisha
Kolkata, Dec. 28 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday condemned the killing of a 30-year-old migrant worker (Juel Rana) from Bengal following an altercation in Odisha's Sambhalpur district on Wednesday.
Juel Rana, a resident of Jangipur in Murshidabad was beaten to death by a group of six people over a dispute over bidi at a tea stall.
Mamata said a "zero FIR" was filed and a team Bengal Police went to the neighbouring state to carry out the investigation.
"A police team from West Bengal has travelled to Odisha to carry out the investigation," she said.
"I strongly condemn the brutal oppression, harassment and violence against Bengali-speaking people in every BJP-ruled state. We stand firmly with those migrant Bengali-speaking families, which have been intimidated, victimised and subjected to inhuman treatment and assure them of all possible support," Banerjee said on X.
Referring to the Sambalpur incident, she alleged migrant workers from the Jangipur region in Murshidabad have faced severe atrocities in BJP-ruled Odisha.
"It is deeply unfortunate that a young migrant worker from the Suti area of Jangipur in Murshidabad was again beaten to death in Sambalpur on December 24," she said on the social media platform. Banerjee claimed migrant workers from Muslim-majority Murshidabad are "now returning home in fear".
"We stand with the families affected by this tragic incident, and financial assistance will be extended to the family of the deceased," the CM said....
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