The brutal assault on a migrant worker reportedly from Madhya Pradesh (some reports state the worker was from Maharashtra) in Thiruvallur district has once again exposed the ground-level consequences of Tamil Nadu’s long-running anti-Hindi political culture, which has steadily normalised suspicion and hostility toward migrants from northern states.

In the disturbing viral video, a migrant worker is brutally assaulted with sickles by four minors in a secluded area near a railway station in Tamil Nadu’s Thiruvallur district. Blood is seen flowing from severe wounds as the attackers continue the onslaught. One assailant urges the others to stop, noting that the victim’s skull has already been breached, while another demands the sickle, saying he wants to strike the victim himself.

According to police sources, the victim, identified as Siraj (some reports suggest his name was Suraj), was initially targeted while travelling on a moving train. The accused minors allegedly threatened him with sickles and swords during the journey, while simultaneously filming the intimidation on a mobile phone. What began as threats soon escalated into a violent attack.

Investigators said Siraj was later taken by the group to a secluded location near a railway station, where he was repeatedly assaulted with sickles. The attackers continued recording the violence, and one of the videos reportedly shows one of the minors flashing a victory sign after the assault.

Siraj sustained multiple serious injuries and was rushed to a hospital, where he is currently undergoing treatment. Doctors have described his condition as critical.

Police in Tamil Nadu have taken cognisance of the viral footage and registered a case. An investigation is underway to determine the sequence of events, the motive behind the attack, and the exact role of each accused. Further details are awaited as the probe continues.

BJP leader Annamalai posted a video of the gruesome assault and stated that the so-called youth were ganja addicts.

This was not an isolated criminal act occurring in a vacuum. Tamil Nadu has, for decades, sustained a political narrative that frames Hindi and “north Indians” as cultural threats. While this rhetoric is often presented as resistance to language imposition, its real-world impact has been the steady othering of migrant workers, particularly those from Hindi-speaking states, who now form the backbone of Tamil Nadu’s construction, manufacturing, transport, and service sectors.

On the ground, this ideological climate has translated into routine verbal abuse, social exclusion, and increasingly, physical violence against migrants. Migrant workers have repeatedly reported being mocked for their language, labelled outsiders, and treated with hostility in public spaces.

You can see this being mainstreamed by politicians as well – they refer to north Indian/Hindi speakers as ‘vadakkan‘, ‘panipuri seller’, etc. These DMK politicians even derogated them by saying they ‘bred like pigs’, that they ‘were fools’, only ‘constructed toilets’ and what not.

The fact that the attackers were minors, filmed the assault, and displayed celebratory gestures points to a deeper malaise that has only been normalized by Dravidianist hate-mongering elements and DMK politicians.

A couple of years ago, migrant workers who were travelling in a train were abused and attacked in Tamil Nadu.

Source: India Today

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