Students Attacked in Kolkata for Speaking Bengali, Branded ‘Bangladeshis’ by Hindi-Speaking Traders: Ethnic Tensions Spark Outrage
In a deeply disturbing incident that has ignited public outrage and political debate, four students from the University of Calcutta were allegedly assaulted by a group of Hindi-speaking traders in the Sealdah station area of north Kolkata for speaking in Bengali. The students, all residents of the university’s Carmichael Hostel, were reportedly branded as “Bangladeshis”…