After fighting for citizenship for 2 years, 104-year-old Assam man dies
After fighting for citizenship for 2 years, 104-year-old Assam man dies
A 104-year-old Assam man died after fighting for citizenship for two years after he was declared a foreigner by a Foreigners’ Tribunal.
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Chandradhar Das
A 104-year-old man of Assam’s Cachar district has died after fighting to prove his Indian citizenship for the past two years.
Chandradhar Das, a resident of the Amraghat area under the Dholai police station in the Cachar district, was declared a foreigner by a Foreigners’ Tribunal two years back.
He passed away on Sunday at his home, after struggling hard to prove his Indian citizenship.
In a heart-wrenching incident, a 104-year-old man of Assam’s Cachar district has died after fighting to verify his Indian citizenship for the past two years. Chandradhar Das, a resident of the Amraghat area under the Dholai police station in the Cachar district, was declared a foreigner by a Foreigners’ Tribunal two years back.
He passed away on Sunday at his home, after struggling hard to prove his Indian citizenship. Until his last breath, the old man was hopeful that his plight will be ended through the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. The centenarian wanted to die as an Indian citizen.
Das was declared a foreigner by a Foreigners’ Tribunal in Silchar in January 2018 and he was sent to Silchar detention camp. “Das was unhealthy and he had various old-age problems, could barely walk while he was in jail. When his health condition started deteriorating, we had filed a bail petition before the court and the court granted his bail petition on humanitarian grounds,” Das