“According to the directive of our chief minister, the state and Purulia district administration will get in touch with their counterparts in Maharashtra. Abhishek told Sukhen’s father Dhiren that his party and the Mamata Banerjee government would extend all possible help. Speaking after meeting the youth’s parents, Abhishek said: “Sukhen is survived by his father, mother, a sister and two brothers. In Odisha, at least six-seven people have been tortured,” Abhishek told reporters outside Sukhen’s tiled roof house in Tumrashole village in Barabazaar. Abhishek told Sukhen’s father that if they wanted, they would send them to Maharashtra to meet the police along with three-four party MLAs.

Source: The Telegraph February 14, 2026 02:47 UTC