A migrant worker from Ganjam district in Odisha was allegedly beaten to death by police in Surat for violating social distancing norms during the lockdown induced by coronavirus.?
According to various reports, the deceased, identified as Satya Swain, had gone to a police station for registration to return home with other migrant workers on the day of the incident.?
Swain, is said to have been a native of Kullada village near Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district and had been working in Surat for the past two years.
According to a report in India Today, Satya was reportedly accompanied by few other migrant workers, who also wanted to register themselves for return. The group had assembled in front of the local police station as registration was mandatory for train travel to their respective states.
Police, however, rebuked their requests and in a bid to drive away the people the forces charged at them. The group dispersed and rushed into their respective quarters.
The police personnel entered the house where Swain was staying with other workers, and indiscriminately beat them up. They were then hauled up to Amroli police station for reportedly violating social distancing norms.??
Satya Swain, one of the migrant workers beaten mercilessly, had reportedly succumbed to the injuries while being taken to hospital in an ambulance.
Satya, who was in his 30s, is survived by his wife and a five-year-old mentally-challenged son.