Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday (January 31, 2026) condoled the death of four migrant workers from the northeastern state near Bengaluru and said he would raise the matter with his Karnataka counterpart.
Mr. Sarma said the Assam government will also coordinate with Karnataka for bringing home the bodies of the four youths.
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Four migrant labourers from Assam – identified as Jayant Sindhe, 25, Neerendranath, 24, Doctor Tide, 25 and Dhananjay Tide, 20 – were found dead at their rented accommodation in Sulibele area in Hoskote taluk in a suspected case of suffocation, police said on Saturday (January 31, 2026).
A preliminary investigation revealed that the deaths were allegedly caused by suffocation due to carbon monoxide accumulation while they were cooking rice on a stove on Friday (January 30, 2026) night, a senior police officer said.
