Migrant labourer killed by mob on suspicion of being Bangladeshi in Odisha

 

 

A MIGRANT labourer was allegedly beaten to death by a group of unidentified miscreants on suspicion of being an illegal Bangladeshi immigrant in Odisha’s Sambalpur district on Wednesday evening. The incident occurred around 8.30 pm in Shantinagar, when the victim, identified as Juel Sheikh, aged thirty, a daily-wage labourer from West Bengal, stopped at a tea stall after returning from work. Three other migrant labourers were present with him at the time. According to sources, a group of four to five unidentified persons arrived at the tea stall and confronted the labourers, accusing them of being illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.

 

The attackers allegedly demanded identity documents from the group. Despite the labourers producing valid identification papers, the assailants reportedly began assaulting them. While three of the labourers managed to escape, Juel Sheikh was caught by the attackers and brutally beaten. He succumbed to the injuries on his head at the spot. The assailants fled the area immediately after the incident. Police rushed to the scene upon receiving information and recovered the body. The injured labourers were shifted to a hospital for treatment. Juel’s body has been kept at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) morgue, and his family has been informed.