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Migrant idiosyncratic Alauddin Sheikh whose unnatural decease successful Jharkhand last week had triggered convulsive protests successful West Bengal’s Beldanga had “died by suicide”. The post-mortem study of the deceased migrant idiosyncratic arsenic good arsenic probe by Murshidabad constabulary had ruled retired execution oregon immoderate foul play.
No execution conspiracy
After the death, a sub-inspector of Murshidabad constabulary went to Palamau, Jharkhand, to inquire into the decease of Sheikh. “Statements of 8-10 Bengali migrant labourers residing successful the country were besides recorded. However, they did not constituent retired immoderate conspiracy of murder,” the Murshidabad territory constabulary said successful a connection connected Saturday (January 24, 2026).
The constabulary besides added that it recorded the connection of Kasim Shaikh, who had brought down the assemblage from the ceiling instrumentality successful Jharkhand. He besides did not marque a connection indicating execution oregon foul play. The post-mortem study besides added that the origin of decease was “ante-mortem hanging. No antemortem injuries. No abrasions, bruises, fractures oregon signs of assault”.
Violence erupted at Beldanga in Murshidabad territory connected January 16 implicit the decease of the 30-year-old migrant worker. A ample fig of radical took to the streets by blocking railway tracks and the nationalist road for respective hours.
The Trinamool Congress enactment had described the decease arsenic targeting of migrant workers successful different States. Trinamool Congress wide caput Abhishek Banerjee had reached retired to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemanta Soren implicit the decease and urged him to guarantee swift probe successful the case.
Political fight
Meanwhile, the developments implicit the unnatural decease of Sheikh triggered a governmental warfare of words, with the BJP saying that the unit successful Beldanga was pre-planned. “The latest riots successful Murshidabad’s Beldanga were not spontaneous. They were politically convenient. The existent question is not conscionable what happened, but who benefitted and wherefore the Mamata Banerjee medication chose to look the different mode portion a border-sensitive portion burned,” BJP person Amit Malviya posted connected societal media.
While the BJP claimed that the riots were not spontaneous, suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir said that the medication should person said that the decease was termination connected January 16 and not a week later. “In whose involvement is the medication failing the people,” the MLA said.
The begetter of the deceased migrant idiosyncratic besides refused to judge that his lad had died of termination and claimed that determination were injuries connected the body.
Attacks connected migrant workers from West Bengal successful different parts of the country, peculiarly successful BJP-ruled States, person evoked beardown effect from the Trinamool Congress implicit the past fewer months. The Trinamool has likened the incidents to attacks connected Bengali individuality and language.
(Those successful distress whitethorn interaction Sanjivini, Society for Mental Health termination prevention helpline: 011-40769002)
