Four Bengali-speaking Muslim migrant workers from Murshidabad, West Bengal, reported being forced to flee their rented accommodation in Odisha's Ganjam district on December 27. They claim intruders accused them of being Bangladeshis and threatened them, ordering their departure by dawn. The men, who had worked in Odisha for years, traveled 800km by motorcycle to return home. This incident is part of a reported increase in targeted assaults on Bengali-speaking Muslims in Odisha, prompting hundreds of migrant workers to leave the state out of fear.