Migrant workers' death: Himanta to raise matter with Karnataka CM

3 months ago 1
ARTICLE AD BOX
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that he volition  talk  with Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah regarding the decease  of migrant workers. File

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that he volition talk with Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah regarding the decease of migrant workers. File | Photo Credit: ANI

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma connected Saturday (January 31, 2026) condoled the decease of 4 migrant workers from the northeastern authorities adjacent Bengaluru and said helium would rise the substance with his Karnataka counterpart.

Mr. Sarma said the Assam authorities volition besides coordinate with Karnataka for bringing location the bodies of the 4 youths.

Four migrant labourers from Assam – identified arsenic Jayant Simte, Nirendranath Taid, Doctor Taid, and Dhananjay Taid – were recovered dormant astatine their rented accommodation successful Sulibele country successful Hoskote taluk successful a suspected lawsuit of suffocation, constabulary said connected Saturday (January 31, 2026).

A preliminary probe revealed that the deaths were allegedly caused by suffocation owed to c monoxide accumulation portion they were cooking atom connected a stove connected Friday (January 30, 2026) night, a elder constabulary serviceman said.

"We received this bittersweet quality successful the morning... I person asked Assam Police to get successful interaction with Bengaluru Police and enquire astir the investigation. We volition besides coordinate with them for bringing backmost the mortal remains," Mr. Sarma told reporters connected the sidelines of a programme astatine Naoboicha successful Lakhimpur district.

Mr. Sarma said that helium volition talk with his Karnataka counterpart Siddaramaiah aboriginal successful the time regarding the matter.

Three of the deceased hailed from Namoni Borkhamukh colony and the different was from Salmora colony of Lakhimpur district.

Villagers gathered astatine the residences of the youths, who were successful their twenties, consoling the household members who were successful a authorities of daze aft receiving the news.

"The families received telephone calls from different section younker moving determination astir 11 p.m. yesterday. They were told that the 4 were unneurotic successful the country they shared and were recovered dormant wrong it," a nonmigratory of Namoni Borkhamukh said.

The youths were successful interaction with their families till astir 3 p.m. of Friday and they sounded mean erstwhile they spoke implicit the phone, the villager added.

"We volition hold for the findings of the post-mortem examination. Family members of the deceased are successful interaction with the constabulary here," helium added.

Published - January 31, 2026 06:38 p.m. IST

Read Entire Article