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Former cricketer and Trinamool Congress MP from Behrampore Lok Sabha constituency Yusuf Pathan connected Sunday (January 18, 2026) visited the location of a migrant idiosyncratic from Beldanga successful the State’s Murshidabad territory who was killed successful Jharkhand a fewer days ago.
Mr. Pathan on with Beladanga MLA Hasanuzzaman Sheikh visited the location of Alauddin Sheikh and met with household members of the deceased. He assured fiscal enactment for the acquisition of the children of the deceased migrant worker.
The sojourn by the cricketer-turned-politician to the location of a deceased migrant idiosyncratic hailing from his constituency comes astatine the instructions of enactment wide caput Abhishek Banerjee.
The MP faced questions from the locals and media persons astir his lack implicit the past fewer days, erstwhile the portion had witnessed unit and vandalism implicit the attacks connected migrants. Mr. Pathan said that radical were provoked by misinformation, and enactment workers were successful interaction with the household members of the deceased migrant worker.
The Trinamool Congress wide caput Abhishek Banerjee, who held a nationalist gathering successful the territory connected Friday (January 16), had besides told media persons that Yusuf Pathan volition sojourn the household aft the concern improves.
Beldanga successful Murshidabad was connected the boil connected Thursday (January 15) and Friday (January 16), implicit the onslaught connected migrant workers including the decease of Alauddin Sheikh. The protesters had blocked National Highway 12 and railway tracks. Public vehicles including railway spot were attacked and dozens of radical including 2 journalists were besides assaulted by the mob.
On Friday (January 16) afternoon, Murshidabad District Police swung into enactment and cleared the mob by resorting to baton charge. About 30 persons were arrested for the unit and onslaught connected media persons.
Murshidabad, a territory located successful cardinal West Bengal, has been connected the boil for the past fewer years. In April 2025, the territory witnessed communal unit astatine Shamsherganj, wherever 3 radical were killed, and hundreds were near homeless. The unit was precipitated by the protests implicit the Waqf (Amendment) Bill. The lack of Mr. Pathan from the territory from wherever helium was elected to the Lok Sabha successful 2024 was raised by his governmental opponents past also. The cricketer turned person had defeated five-term Lok Sabha MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Berhampore successful 2024 by a borderline of 85,000 votes.
