Overview

• West Bengal alleges Odisha authorities sent almost 100 of its migrant labourers to detention centres on suspicion of being undocumented Bangladeshi nationals
• Bengal’s administration has shared valid residential proof with Odisha officials and insisted on the immediate release and repatriation of the detained workers
• An Odisha official says no one is being held at police stations and that identity checks are part of the Home Ministry’s countrywide migrant verification drive
• The dispute intensifies concerns over due process and linguistic profiling following similar pushback cases of genuine citizens in Maharashtra and Rajasthan
• Bangladesh’s government and human rights groups have criticised the drive as violating legal and humanitarian norms, while BJP leaders insist it applies immigration laws impartially