A spate of attacks in Tamil Nadu leaves migrant workers wary
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In the month of December, Tamil Nadu saw a spate of attacks on migrant workers that left many alarmed.
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On December 15, a carpenter from Uttar Pradesh working in Coimbatore was stabbed by two local men while at a bakery. According to news reports, the locals initiated a conversation with the worker – when he responded in Hindi, an argument broke out and the two men attacked him with a knife. The incident garnered considerable attention after CCTV footage of it went viral.
Other attacks in other parts of the state followed. On December 27, a man from Odisha was attacked by four intoxicated juveniles near the railway headquarters in Tiruvallur district. Police said that the group entered into an argument with the victim and then attacked him with a sickle.
On December 29, a migrant worker from West Bengal died in Coimbatore after a local auto driver punched him following an altercation between them, causing him to fall and hit his head. And on December 30, two migrant workers from Odisha were attacked by two drunk men in Sivaganga district.
In all but the first incident, police stated that the victims were not attacked because of their identities, but more likely as a result of unrelated altercations.
Nevertheless, the sudden spate of incidents raised some...