More reviews migrants from West Bengal being harassed, TMC MP meets affected households

More reviews of harassment of migrant employees from West Bengal have surfaced in numerous elements of the nation. A gaggle of migrant employees from State’s Murshidabad district mentioned that they had been attacked at Tiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu on September 13, 2025.

At least 4 employees who had been a part of a gaggle of 12 employees had been injured in an assault and needed to be hospitalised.

“A gaggle of locals attacked us. They wished to kill us. We have been working in Tamil Nadu for about 4 years however by no means confronted any drawback,” Mustafijur Rahman mentioned, mendacity on a mattress in a state-run hospital. The 25-year-old migrant employee mentioned they had been attacked for resisting a theft in a premises the place they had been staying. The migrant employees, nonetheless, added that the cops have recorded their assertion after they approached the West Bengal Government and the West Bengal Migrant Welfare Board.

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In one other improvement a migrant employee from Sandeshkhali Tapchhel Jamadar (27), together with a number of different youths from the realm, obtained “brutally attacked” on September 13 at Tatanagar railway station in Jharkhand, allegedly for talking in Bengali. The males mentioned that they had simply reached Tatanagar station and had been talking in Bengali amongst themselves when native youths reportedly focused them, assaulting them bodily and with sharp weapons.

While there have been cases of harassment of migrant employees from West Bengal by police and safety companies within the BJP dominated states, each Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand, the place the current incidents of harassment of migrants have come to the fore, aren’t dominated by the BJP. Thousands of migrant employees from the State had been detained on suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals and the difficulty has develop into a serious rallying level for the Trinamool Congress authorities in West Bengal.

Meanwhile, Samirul Islam, the chairperson of the West Bengal Migrant Welfare Board, mentioned that on Monday (September 15, 2025), he visited the distressed father of pregnant Sunali Khatun and the mom of Sweaty Biwi of their distant Murarai residence, Birbhum district. Both these girls had been detained in Delhi and pushed into Bangladesh on suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals.

“About two months in the past their daughters—each bona fide Indian residents—had been illegally pushed again into Bangladesh. Though their households have lived in Birbhum for generations, the ladies had been expelled from the border together with their kids. Under the management of our Chief Minister @MamataOfficial, we’re preventing this within the Calcutta High Court and the Supreme Court of India,” Mr. Islam posted on social media.

The Trinamool Congress MP mentioned that he assured the households that he’ll convey their daughters residence and that they are going to be enrolled within the Shramashree scheme launched by Mamata Banerjee as quickly as they return.

The West Bengal Government has launched the Shramashree scheme to supply a month-to-month stipend of ₹5,000 per 30 days for a 12 months for migrant employees who’ve returned to the State after being persecuted in different states. According to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, there are over 22 lakh migrant employees from the State working in different elements of India and about 24,000 have returned to the State.