Terming the accusation ‘fully counterfeit’, Nayagarh SP S. Susree clarified that the police handiest implemented routine verification of identity paperwork and did now not evict anybody.
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Nayagarh SP refutes TMC MP Mahua Moitra’s instruct, says no Bengalis pushed out of Odisha Picture: (OTV)
Nayagarh Police on Friday strongly denied allegations made by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra, who claimed that Bengali-speaking workers bear been forcibly pushed out of the Odagaon plot of the district.
Terming the accusation ‘fully counterfeit’, Nayagarh SP S. Susree clarified that the police handiest implemented routine verification of identity paperwork and did now not evict anybody.
Per the SP, Odagaon Police had now not too lengthy ago received knowledge referring to the presence of round 14 unidentified Bengali-speaking ferry vendors working in nearby villages. Given the possibility that some folks is also unlawful immigrants from Bangladesh or Rohingya settlers, the police summoned them to the space for typical identity verification.
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“They bear been requested to accomplish their identification paperwork as section of a appropriate and routine draw. All the device thru the technique, seven of them fled with out informing us, while the others bear been cooperating,” SP Sushree talked about.
Refuting Moitra’s allegation that the workers bear been chased away, the SP added, “They can even bear left on their have, however the police did now not power them out. We did now not power or threaten anybody.”
The district police bear moreover emphasised that identity verification of unknown folks is a dilapidated practice conducted within the curiosity of public security. Authorities are persevering with the verification assignment for the final folks while efforts are underway to label folks who fled.
