Bihar: Govt 4-member team to visit Tamil Nadu to probe 'attack' on migrants

Patna: Amid pressure from Opposition over alleged attacks in Tamil Nadu on migrant workers from Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that a four-member team will visit the southern State to take stock of the situation.

"As soon as I got to know though newspapers, I directed officials to look into the matter. They talked with the Tamil Nadu government and reported that a team should be sent from here," Nitish Kumar said, adding that the four-member team will look into the matter in detail.

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The four-member team includes D Balamurugan, Secretary, Rural Development, P Kanan, IPS (IG CID), Shree Alok, Special Secretary, Labour Department and an IPS officer will submit a report to the Bihar chief minister after their visit.

However Tamil Nadu DGP Sylendr Babu stated, "Somebody in Bihar posted false and mischievous videos saying that migrant workers are attacked in Tamil Nadu. Two videos are posted and both are false, these two incidents happened earlier in Tiruppur and Coimbatore. Both cases were not a clash between the people of Tamil Nadu and migrant workers. One was a clash between two groups of Bihar migrant workers and another video was a clash between two local residents of Coimbatore." 

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The Tamil Nadu Police also warned that strict action would be initiated against those sharing fake videos on social media. After the Tamil Nadu DGP's clarification, the Bihar police on Friday said that the videos circulating on social media were "misleading."

Tamil Nadu Labour Welfare Minister CV Ganesan in a statement yesterday said that workers not only from North India but from all States were working "peacefully and efficiently without any fear." (with ANI inputs)

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