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Trinamool Congress wide caput Abhishek Banerjee connected Friday (February 13, 2026) visited the residence of Sukhen Mahato, the migrant idiosyncratic who was killed successful Pune earlier this week. While Mr. Banerjee said that helium volition not remark connected nether which circumstances the decease had occurred and said that it was a substance of investigation, the Trinamool person demanded that the Maharashtra household should guarantee that the household receives justice.
“The Maharashtra Police should guarantee that the household receives justice. If those progressive get bail, the constabulary should reason it,” the Trinamool Congress person told media persons.
The sojourn by Abhishek Banerjee to the residence of the deceased migrant idiosyncratic comes a time aft West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee termed the sidesplitting a “hate crime”. In a station connected X, the Trinamool Congress chairperson said that she was “shaken, enraged and sickened” by the execution of Sukhen Mahato.
Mr. Banerjee said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, peculiarly Purulia BJP MP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, should scope retired to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and request exemplary punishment for those down the murder. “Our Chief Minister has fixed acquisition and nary 1 volition beryllium spared. We volition guarantee that those down the transgression bash not get released connected bail,” helium said.
Calling for protests successful each blocks of the State connected Saturday (February 14, 2026), the Trinamool person urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to guarantee jobs for 2 brothers of Sukhen Mahato who besides are moving arsenic migrant workers.
While the household members of the deceased migrant idiosyncratic person said that Sukhen Mahato was targeted for speaking successful Bengali, Pune constabulary person denied specified reports, stating the unfortunate was killed pursuing an statement successful a drunken authorities and that determination was “no different angle” to the incident.
The incidental occurred connected February 9 successful Koregaon nether the Shikrapur constabulary presumption limits, and 2 persons person been held successful transportation with the case.
State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said that the reasons for the decease volition beryllium retired successful the nationalist domain soon but raised questions arsenic to wherefore villages successful West Bengal are becoming devoid of men owed to migration.
The harassment, detention and onslaught connected migrant workers from West Bengal successful antithetic parts of the state aft May 2025 has go a governmental issue, with the Trinamool Congress linking it with Bengali connection and identity. The Trinamool Congress claims that specified attacks are happening successful a targeted mode connected migrant workers speaking successful Bengali.
