Overview

• Panipat police detained Md Kabir on July 26, tying him with ropes, gagging him under water and fracturing his leg while pressing him to admit he was Bangladeshi.
• Plainclothes officers in Surat reportedly raided a migrant dormitory on July 26, beating 12 workers until West Midnapore authorities intervened to secure their release the next night.
• In Gurgaon, Bengali-speaking workers are still held in Sector 31 holding areas under CCTV surveillance despite presenting Aadhaar and voter identity cards.
• More than 100 migrants have returned to West Bengal this week and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has urged 2.2 million workers to come home under a new job support scheme.
• West Bengal officials and human rights groups have filed legal petitions and sought interstate coordination to challenge fast-track verification procedures and linguistic profiling.