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The Murshidabad district, one of the largest contributors to the West Bengal migrant workers army, received news of unnatural deaths of three of these people since Saturday. While two died in Kerala, one was found dead in a rented house in Odisha.
Residents of the Baliaghati village in the Murshidabad Suti police station area said Safikul Sheikh (31) died in a traffic accident in Kerala. Sheikh’s associates called his family Sunday morning and said he had gone to a local market, in violation of the closing orders, when the accident occurred. Sheikh wanted to go home before Eid, but was stranded.
Mohammad Hafijul, one of the sheik’s relatives, said: “A few days ago, a special train from Kerala brought migrant workers to Murshidabad, but Safikul did not have the money to buy a ticket. We do not know how his body will be returned.”
In another incident, a 24-year-old Domkal resident allegedly hanged himself in Kerala on Saturday. I used to work in a brick oven. His mother said: “My son was depressed because he could not buy a ticket to board the special train that arrived in Murshidabad. We appeal to the local administration to recover his body. ”
In the third incident, Bakul Sheikh (24) died under mysterious circumstances at Sonepur in Odisha, where he went to work as a bricklayer five months ago. The sheik comes from the village of Kohetpur in Shamserganj. His relatives told local police that his associates called and said they found him dead in the bathroom of the house where he lived with other migrant workers.
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