20-year-old Bengali migrant ‘branded as Bangladeshi’ lynched in Odisha

A 20-year-old West Bengal villager was lynched in Odisha's Sambalpur after being accused of being a Bangladeshi. Two other migrant workers with him were critically injured. Police have arrested six individuals, though an IG claimed the violence stemmed from a monetary dispute, not a communal or linguistic angle.

20-year-old Bengali migrant ‘branded as Bangladeshi’ lynched in Odisha
A 20-year-old West Bengal villager was lynched in Odisha's Sambalpur after being accused of being a Bangladeshi. Two other migrant workers with him were critically injured. Police have arrested six individuals, though an IG claimed the violence stemmed from a monetary dispute, not a communal or linguistic angle.