Migrant from Malda stabbed in Madhya Pradesh, family alleges language profiling
A migrant worker from Malda was allegedly attacked in Madhya Pradesh, triggering fresh concerns over the safety of Bengali-speaking labourers working outside the state.
The family of the two women who died in a fire during an anti-encroachment drive in Madauli village in Kanpur Dehat district on Monday evening, has finally agreed to allow the district police to take the bodies for a post- mortem examination.
The family relented after negotiations with the district officials who assured the family that Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak would visit them soon.
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Pathak also spoke to the family on phone.
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District officials said that the JCB driver and a lekhpal have been arrested in connection with the incident.
The officials said that the family would soon be given compensation. Additional forces have also been deployed in the village.
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