Nayagarh Police on Friday strongly denied allegations made by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra, who claimed that Bengali-speaking workers were forcibly driven out of the Odagaon area of the district.

Terming the accusation ‘completely false’, Nayagarh SP S. Susree clarified that the police only carried out routine verification of identity documents and did not evict anyone.

According to the SP, Odagaon Police had recently received information regarding the presence of around 14 unidentified Bengali-speaking ferry vendors operating in nearby villages. Given the possibility that some individuals could be illegal immigrants from Bangladesh or Rohingya settlers, the police summoned them to the station for standard identity verification.

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