Guwahati: A 104-year-old Chandradhar Das who was struggling to prove his Indian citizenship for more than two years has passed away. According to report, This man from south Assam’s Cachar district was detained in 2018 after being declared a foreigner from Bangladesh, passed away on Sunday, at his Amraghat residence in Cachar district.
Das’s daughter Niyati said he was not well for a long time. She informed that he died at 10.30 pm on Sunday night. He had only one wish that he wanted to die as an Indian citizen. he was declared a foreigner by a Foreigners Tribunal in Silchar in January 2018 and subsequently sent to Silchar Central Jail.
Health condition of started deteriorating in jail, therefore, he was given bail after three months on humanitarian grounds. Das was released on bail as the Foreigners Tribunal set aside the earlier ex-parte opinion and set to examine the case afresh, said Chowdhury. Lawyer Chowdhury said Das’s claim of citizenship rested on a refugee registration certificate issued in 1966 in Tripura’s Agartala, which notes that he was born in Comilla in the then East Pakistan.
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