ASSAM TIMES POST
Guwahati : The family members of Falu Das, who was a declared as foreigner and lodged in a detention
camp, accepted his body after four days of his and cremation took place late last night in presence of the local MLA and senior officials of the government.After marathon negotiation by the administration and the Barkhentry MLA Narayan Deka, the family members accepted the body of the “declared foreigner” Falu Das without any condition.
“The family finally accepted the body of Das and did nothold on to their pre-conditions. It was cremated at Chatemari village under Mukalmua police station last night,” Nalbari
Deputy Commissioner Bhartat Bhushan Devchoudhury said. Deka, a magistrate from the Nalbari district administration and other officials also attended the funeral. Falu Das (70) was admitted to Guwahati Medical College and Hospital on October 13 as his health condition deteriorated at the Goalpara determination camp, where he was staying since 2017 after he was declared a foreigner. He died on October 24. The family members initially refused to accept Das’ body saying that their demands have to be heard to declare the
deceased an Indian national.
The wife and two sons of Das were adamant not to receive
the body because das was a “foreigner”. They put forward two major conditions before accepting his bodythat the all members of Falu Das be included in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) without any process and no member would be sent to the detention camp in future. The government refused to accept the demands saying these were legal matters. Earlier this month, family members of Dulal Chandra Paul,
who was in a detention camp after being declared as foreigner, too refused to receive his body.After Assam ministers Parimal Suklabaidya and Ranjit Dutta met the family and assured to provide necessary legal
aid for getting Paul to be declared an Indian, his cremation was done.
