Reports of the Uttar Pradesh administration spraying migrant labourers returning to Bareilly with an ‘open bath’ of some chemicals, ostensibly to disinfect them, have sparked outrage. Kanwardeep Singh, a journalist, tweeted short clips of migrant labourers and their families sitting hunched by the side of a barricaded road while officials in white protective gowns are seen spraying a liquid on them.

In Bareilly, Returning Migrant Workers Showered With Disinfectant on the Road