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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Jul 16: A day after the tragic landslip which claimed three labourers life at Farangipet on Tuesday July 14, high placed sources informed daijiworld that the two of the victims in the incident were illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.
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In the gruesome mishap, the labourers were trapped under a pile of mud following a landslip at a construction site.
It is learnt that the victims in the incident Maiminol (20) and Milon (23) were from Maheshpur of Jhenaidah district in south-western Bangladesh, while Thorikol (22) was from West Bengal.
Several illegal Bangladeshi immigrants are believed to be working at construction sites in and around the city as unorganized labourers. They are said to have infiltrated into the country through middleman and got employed here. Further, the contractors hire these workers without any basic information and allow them to work in the construction sites.
It is further learnt that there are many illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in the city working along with migrants from north India without proper residential address or identity proof.
Speaking to daijiworld, Nagesh, assistant labour commissioner said, "There are 8,000 registered labourers here. One of the victims (of Farangipet tragedy) was from West Bengal. We don’t have clear information about the other two victims."