A 104-year-old man in Assam, who was declared a foreigner by a tribunal in 2018, died before being able to prove his Indian citizenship, t...
A 104-year-old man in Assam, who was declared a foreigner by a tribunal in 2018, died before being able to prove his Indian citizenship, the Hindustan Times reported on Monday.
Chandradhar Das died at his home in Cachar district’s Amraghat area on Sunday night. He suffered a heart attack, according to The Indian Express.
Das was declared a foreigner by the tribunal in January 2018 after he failed to appear before it to prove his citizenship. He was sent to the Silchar Central Jail in March, but released in June after public outrage against his imprisonment.
Das’s three children and grandchildren were left out of the National Register of Citizens for Assam because of his citizenship status.
Chandradhar Das’s daughter Nyuti Das told The Indian Express that all he wanted was to die an Indian. “And we tried, we ran from court to court, from advocates to social workers, submitted all the papers,” she said. “And just like that, he’s gone. We are still ‘foreigners’ in the eyes of the law. The Act [Citizenship Amendment Act] did nothing for us.” Nyuti Das also spoke about how her father hoped that the new law would make them Indian citizens.
Chandradhar Das was frail and could barely walk while he was in detention. “He always said Modi...
