Assam: Another detention centre inmate dies, CM sets up committee to look into condition of camps
The Assam government has constituted a review committee to evaluate the conditions prevailing in detention centres for undocumented immigrants in the state after the recent deaths of two inmates,
The government took the decision on Friday, a day after a 70-year-old man from a detention camp died in hospital, NDTV reported. Phalu Das, a resident of Satemari in Nalbari district, had been in the camp in Goalpara district since July 2017. He was admitted to a local hospital on October 11, and was then referred to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, where he died. Das’ family refused to accept his body, and said they were not informed of his health condition.
Last week, the government was involved in a standoff with the family of 65-year-old Dulal Chandra Paul, who died on October 13 in a hospital after spending almost two years in a camp in Sonitpur district. Paul’s family initially asked the government to send his body to Bangladesh since he was declared a foreigner. They accepted his body on Tuesday following Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal’s intervention.
“The committee will visit all detention centres in the state and review the legal aid status and health status of each detainee and provide recommendation for improvement, if needed,”...
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