Two Muslim migrant workers from West Bengal have been found dead in separate incidents in recent days, with both families alleging that they were killed as part of the growing violence against Bengali-speaking workers in India.

Manjur Alam Laskar, 32, from Usthi, a place in South 24-Parganas, was allegedly beaten to death by right-wing Hindutva goons in Komarolu, a village in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh. The body of another migrant labourer from Harishchandrapur in Malda district, 29-year-old Alamgir Mondal, 29 was found near railway tracks in Chennai on Thursday, The Telegraph reported.

According to the report, Alam Laskar had been working in Andhra Pradesh for nearly a decade. On Tuesday, his family received a call demanding Rs 25,000, with a threat that he would be killed if the money was not paid. The family transferred Rs 6,000.

The next day, the caller informed them that Alam was dead, Time of India reported.

Alam’s elder brother, Giyasuddin Laskar, the local panchayat vice-president, alleged that he was targeted on suspicion of being Bangladeshi because he was a Bengali-speaking Muslim. 

Reports said Alamgir Alam had left for Chennai about a month ago, leaving behind his wife and two children. Eight days ago, he reportedly secured another job in Hyderabad. He last spoke to his wife on January 14 before boarding a train, after which he went missing. On Wednesday, his body was found near a railway track close to a station in Chennai.

His family suspects that he was killed and his body was later dumped beside the track.

Earlier this month A 35-year-old Muslim man was lynched in Odisha’s Balasore district after he was assaulted by a group of men who objected to the transportation of cattle.

At least five people, including four Muslims and a Dalit, were murdered in 2025 after being accused by their assailants of being ‘Bangladeshis’ and ‘illegal immigrants’. Violence against Bengali-speaking migrants has spiked since May 2025, against the backdrop of the Indian government’s ongoing xenophobic campaign against Bengali-speaking Muslims.