Balasore, Dec. 29 -- The Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested a man on charges of assaulting passengers and allegedly forcing them to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' and show their Aadhaar cards at Odisha's Balasore railway station, officials said on Monday.

In yet another targeted attack, a migrant worker, allegedly from West Bengal, was brutally assaulted by a man identified as Sagar Jena, late Sunday night on December 28, and was asked to say 'Jai Shri Ram.' He also demanded that the man show his Aadhaar card to prove he was an Indian.

The incident, which occurred at the Balasore city railway station, was triggered when a right-wing group was alerted about Bangladeshi migrant workers 'illegally' entering through the West Bengal border into ...