Guwahati: The death of a person, who was declared ‘foreigner’ two years ago has caused much hue and cry in Dhekiajuli. The family of the deceased have refused to accept the body.
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Family members of a 65-year-old man who died at a hospital in Guwahati on Sunday have refused to accept his body till authorities pronounce him an Indian.
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The deceased, Dulal Pal, was marked under ‘dubious voter’ category in 1997. In 2017, he was declared a ‘foreigner’ by the foreigner tribunal and was sent to a detention camp in Guwahati.
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The family of the deceased have alleged that he was declared a foreigner despite submitting property documents which were registered in 1965.
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Dulal’s son, Ashish Pal has stated that the family will only accept his father’s body when he’s declared Indian.
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“We were called by the police to take his dead body. Since he was declared a Bangladeshi, then why should we take the body of a Bangladeshi? We will only receive the body after he is declared an Indian,” he said.
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On Sunday, Dulal’s condition deteriorated in the detention camp and he died during his treatment at a hospital.
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Speaking on the matter, Additional District Collector, Kulen Sharma said, “We are examining the conditions of his death. The family is saying that they had submitted a property document registered in 1965. A magisterial inquiry will be conducted in the matter.”
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Former Bharatiya Janata Party MP RP Sarmah criticised the Centre stating that Bengalis and Gorkha communities are being troubled on the name of NRC.
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In a video, he said, “Dulal, an Indian was declared as a foreigner and he was also eliminated from NRC. He was a Bengali Hindu. The government speaks about Hindus but in NRC, 13 lakh Bengalis and 2 lakh Gorkhas are absent.”
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“Moreover, the judges here at foreigners tribunals do not know how to check the documentation. I request the High Court to send a team to train the judges at foreign tribunals properly,” he added.
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