Bengalis labelled Bangladeshis, attacked in Odisha: Didi to Majhi | Bhubaneswar Information

KOLKATA/BHUBANESWAR: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee contacted Sunday her Odisha counterpart Mohan Charan Majhi, urging his intervention following studies of Bengali-speaking staff being assaulted and labelled as “Bangladeshis” by native vigilante teams in his state.
4 movies surfaced on social media over the previous 24 hours, purportedly displaying assaults on Bengali-speaking individuals in Odisha.
Assaults have been reported from Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, and Sambalpur districts in Odisha, the place locals confronted Bengali-speaking staff, demanding proof of their Indian citizenship. In a single video, a hawker from Bengal’s Ranaghat was assaulted in Kendrapara for not having a bodily Aadhaar card, regardless of displaying a digital copy. An attacker is heard saying that he was a Bangladeshi.
One other clip exhibits a person endure a head harm after being attacked on suspicion of being a Bangladeshi. In Sambalpur, over 30 Bengali-speaking staff have been taken to Ainthapali police station however have been launched after their Indian citizenship was verified.
Banerjee requested Majhi to make sure the secure return of any staff wishing to depart Odisha. In response, Odisha govt instructed police to stay vigilant towards assaults on Bengali-speaking individuals suspected of being unlawful immigrants.
Odisha DGP Arun Sarangi stated: “There was no main violence and police have acted promptly on remoted incidents of Bengali-speaking individuals being focused. Motion will probably be taken towards the responsible as per regulation.”
Bengal Migrant Welfare Board has launched a helpline (18001030009) for these going through such assaults. Rajya Sabha MP Samirul Islam, who heads the board, urged affected individuals to hunt help by the helpline.
The alleged assaults stemmed from fears that Bangladeshi refugees have illegally entered Odisha amidst the upheaval within the neighbouring nation that noticed the ouster of Sheikh Hasina’s govt and the formation of an interim administration Thursday.