# Mamata Banerjee urges Odisha CM to act on labourer assault 2026-08-17T03:36:26+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday called Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and asked him to look into alleged assaults on labourers from West Bengal in Odisha, a senior official said. Banerjee told Majhi that labourers were being beaten and tortured by locals who suspected them to be Bangladeshis, according to the official. The Bengal CM also urged labourers from her state to return to West Bengal and take up work opportunities available there, the official added. The development follows reports of attacks on migrant workers from Bengal in parts of Odisha. ## Coverage - thehindu.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Mamata Banerjee, Mohan Charan Majhi, Odisha, West Bengal Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/mamata-banerjee-urges-odisha-cm-to-act-on-labourer-assault/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/mamata-banerjee-urges-odisha-cm-to-act-on-labourer-assault/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/