Adhir Chowdhury Writes to PM Modi Over Harassment of Bengali Migrant Workers
Member of the Congress Working Committee, Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has written a strongly-worded letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing deep concern over the harassment, humiliation, and physical torture being faced by Bengali-speaking migrant workers in Odisha and Maharashtra. In his letter, Shri Chowdhury highlighted the alarming treatment of poor, bonafide Indian citizens who are being wrongfully targeted due to their linguistic identity, often mistaken for Bangladeshi nationals. Urging immediate intervention, he called upon the Prime Minister to direct the Ministries of Labour and Employment and Home Affairs to ensure protection of the fundamental rights and dignity of these inter-state migrant labourers. Shri Chowdhury is trying to leave no stone unturned in seeking justice for the affected workers, and has already written to the Hon’ble President of India and the Union Home Minister on this grave issue earlier. He stressed that the State must act decisively to prevent such large-scale abuse of innocent workers from West Bengal and uphold the values enshrined in the Constitution.
Arabia’s ‘Sleeping Prince’ Dies After 20 Years in Coma
Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Khalid bin Talal Al Saud, widely known as the “Sleeping Prince,” passed away on Saturday at the age of 36, after spending two decades in a coma following a car accident as a teenager. The Global Imams Council confirmed the prince’s death in an official statement posted on social media, expressing condolences to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the royal family. “With deep sorrow and submission to the will of Allah, we extend our heartfelt sympathies to the royal family on the passing of Prince Al-Waleed,” the statement read. Prince Al-Waleed slipped into a coma at age 15 following a severe traffic accident while studying at a military college in the United Kingdom. He sustained critical brain injuries and internal bleeding. Despite years of treatment, including consultations from American and Spanish specialists, the prince never regained consciousness. He remained on life support for 20 years at the King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh. Occasionally, minor movements in his fingers gave rise to hope among family members and supporters, but his condition remained unchanged. His father, Prince Khalid bin Talal, had long refused to withdraw life support, insisting that only God could determine the moment of death. “With full faith in Allah’s destiny and deep sorrow, we mourn the loss of our beloved son, Prince Al-Waleed,” he said in a statement following the prince’s death. Funeral prayers for Prince Al-Waleed will be held on Sunday at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh, followed by burial rites.
Five more arrested in Kolkata in connection with gangster’s ICU killing in Patna
Bengal and Bihar police jointly arrested more five individuals, including a woman, in Kolkata on Saturday night in connection with the killing of a gangster inside an intensive care unit (ICU) at a hospital in Patna, the capital of Bihar state. The arrests bring the total number of people detained in the case to 11. Earlier in the day, a joint operation by police forces from Bihar and West Bengal led to the arrest of five suspects from an apartment complex in New Town, a satellite township near Kolkata. Officials said four of the five detained there were directly involved in the killing. “The accused fled Patna immediately after the crime and took shelter in Kolkata. Their location was traced using mobile phone tracking,” a senior police officer told Press, adding that one of the five arrested may have helped the suspects hide rather than taking part in the killing itself. Authorities plan to seek transit remand for the accused to transfer them to Bihar. Later that evening, a second police team raided a guest house in Kolkata’s Anandapur neighbourhood, where five more suspects were taken into custody. The suspects had checked into the guest house on Friday, producing valid identification documents and renting two air-conditioned rooms on the third floor. One of the detainees was injured during the raid and was taken away in an ambulance, witnesses said. The guest house owner, speaking to local media, said she had no reason to suspect the group. “They behaved normally and had all proper ID. We’ve been running this guest house since 2018, and never faced such an incident,” she said. The police contacted her around Saturday evening, after which her husband and son rushed to the premises. Residents of the area reported a heavy police presence around 7:30–8:00 p.m., with armed personnel cordoning off the building. CCTV footage had earlier captured a car heading towards Kolkata from Patna, which helped investigators narrow their search. The individuals arrested in Anandapur have been identified as Sachin Singh, Harish Kumar, Tausif, and Yunus Khan, along with an unnamed woman. The nature of their roles in the killing is still under investigation. The fatal shooting of the gangster inside a hospital ICU has shocked residents and raised concerns about law and order in the region. Police say investigations are ongoing and further arrests have not been ruled out.
