A 30-year-old migrant worker from West Bengal, Juel Sheikh, was killed in Odisha's Sambalpur district following an altercation over a bidi with a group of six men. Police have arrested all six accused and are investigating. The ruling TMC in West Bengal alleged the killing was motivated by suspicion of the victim being an illegal Bangladeshi immigrant, linking it to BJP campaigns against Bengalis. However, police stated the murder had no communal or identity-based motive.