Are you Bangladeshi: Video shows mob confronting Dalit man in Kerala lynching A video of the Palakkad lynching shows men interrogating a migrant labourer, slapping him and asking if he was Bangladeshi. Police said the assault followed theft allegations. The family refused the body, seeking SC/ST Act charges. AdvertisementPalakkad lynching: Video of mob assault shows migrant labourer questioned if ‘Bangladeshi’. Shibimol KGUPDATED: Dec 22, 2025 11:09 ISTWritten By: Deepthi RaoFresh details have emerged in the lynching of a migrant labourer from Chhattisgarh in Kerala’s Palakkad district, with a video purportedly recorded during the assault showing the attackers questioning the victim about his identity and asking whether he was a Bangladeshi. The video shows a group of men interrogating the victim, slapping him, and one of them is heard laughing as another strikes him. advertisementThe victim, Ram Narayan Baghel, was beaten to death by a group of local residents in the Attappallam area of Walayar.
