TMC MP from Murshidabad Yusuf Pathan visiting the residence of a migrant worker from Beldang on January 18, 2026. Photo: X/@PTI_News
Murshidabad TMC MP Yusuf Pathan on Sunday (January 18, 2026) visited the residence of a migrant laborer from Beldanga, whose unnatural death in Jharkhand sparked mob violence in the West Bengal city earlier this week, and pledged his support to the victim’s family.
Mr Pathan met the parents of 30-year-old Alauddin Sheikh, whose body was found hanging in his shelter in the neighboring state and was brought to his native village in Beldanga on Friday (January 16, 2026).
“I strongly condemn the harassment and attacks on poor Bengali-speaking migrant workers from Murshidabad and other parts of Bengal who go outside the state in search of livelihood,” Mr Pathan told reporters after meeting the family.
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“Our party, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and other MPs and MLAs are taking up this issue with respective state administrations. We are also raising this issue regularly. I pledge my support to the victims’ families,” he said.
Responding to opposition allegations that he did not visit the families of migrant workers who were allegedly killed or harassed in other states, Mr Pathan dismissed the allegations as “propaganda”.
“It is an attempt by the opposition to mislead people. I have been constantly monitoring every case. I have been constantly monitoring every case and our supremo Mamata Banerjee and the party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee are getting regular feedback,” he said.
Locals from Beldanga block protest against the case of migrant workers being lynched in Bihar’s Murshidabad January 17, 2026 | Photo credit: ANI
He said the district administration has set up helpline numbers for migrant workers working outside Bengal and urged them to contact the administration if they face any difficulty.
A day earlier, Abhishek Banerjee told a meeting in the district that Mr. Pathan would visit the family of Alauddin Sheikh.
Mr. Banerjee also said that he had taken up the matter with the Jharkhand Chief Minister’s office and sought an inquiry into the incident and action against those responsible for the death of the migrant worker.
Published – 18 Jan 2026 14:44 IST