Migrant worker from Bengal killed in Maharashtra

Human rights groups and migrant workers have called for urgent measures to protect the rights, safety, and dignity of internal migrants facing identity-based harassment across India

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A migrant labourer from West Bengal was murdered in Maharashtra, while separate incidents of alleged police harassment and mob attacks targeting Bengali-speaking workers have been reported from Haryana and Tamil Nadu, sparking sharp political and social reactions.

The body of Abu Bakkar Mondal, 33, a mason from Narayanpur village in North 24-Parganas, was found dismembered and stuffed in a sack in a water body near Vasai in Maharashtra.

Mondal had been missing since the evening of 20 July. His mobile phone was unreachable, and his family filed a missing person's report with Vasai police the next day. Police recovered his mutilated body from a swampy area on Wednesday, and following post-mortem procedures, transported the coffin to his hometown on Thursday night.