Overview
- Juel Sheikh, 30, a migrant from Murshidabad, West Bengal, was fatally assaulted at a Shanti Nagar tea stall in Sambalpur on Wednesday night.
- Co-workers say a group accused the labourers of being Bangladeshis, demanded Aadhaar, and beat them even after IDs were shown.
- Odisha Police state the violence followed a bidi dispute involving people who knew each other and call it a case of sudden provocation, not targeted over identity.
- Six suspects have been arrested, injured workers are being treated, and a post-mortem is expected as the investigation proceeds.
- West Bengal’s Trinamool Congress condemned the killing as driven by anti-Bengali rhetoric and urged further action and support for the family.