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From Assam NRC to Odisha streets, Bangladeshi phobia lingers

Guwahati: A Bengali hawker from West Bengal was thrashed in Odishaโ€™s Jaleshwar last week after being branded a โ€˜Bangladeshiโ€™ a label that civil rights groups say has its roots in Assamโ€™s long history of migration politics. The victim, 36-year-old Tarzan Sheikh of Katwaโ€™s Karjgram, alleged that he was stopped near Lakshmandihi on Sunday. Questioned in […]