Detainee Dies Under Mysterious Condition in Tezpur Detention Camp

A correspondent

TANGLA: In a tragic tale of a person lost his battle to life in proving his citizenship to the court of law all due to the detrimental policies of government whose agencies the Border Police and Election Commission of India assigned for detection of foreigners randomly showcase people to prove their citizenship and mostly passes order decalring a person as foreigner via ex parte because the people living hand-to-mouth could not bear the legal expenses in hiring an advocate and present themselves before the court to prove their citizenship. Simmering tension prevails in Rowta area of Udalguri district following the death of a detainee on Thursday who was declared foreigner by Foreigners Tribunal,Udalguri three years back and was languishing at Tezpur Detention Camp. Reportedly the person identified as Jabbar Ali(65) a resident of Dhansrikhuti under Rowta PS in Udalguri embraced an unnatural and mysterious death at the Tezpur detention camp on Thursday following which police handed over the body to the family members for last rites on Thursday evening.An irate villagers along with activists of AAMSU,MUSA and ABMSU expressed dismay over the mysterious death of the person and demanded a high level judicial enquiry into the matter.

To pace the irate public a team of police and paramilitary forces led by DSP(HQ),Udalguri Moidul Islam rushed the spot

to take stock of the situation. The student organizations demanded compensation for the next kin of the victim whose relatives and parents are Indian citizens and he was too battling to prove his citizenship but couldn’t afford the legal services. Police sources claims that the victim was suffering from some lung related ailments for long which is linked to be the reason for his sudden demise.A pall of gloom descended the region as hundreds of people joined for performing Jannaza of the deceased.Talking to this correspondent a Udalguri based lawyer says “Assam Border police and Election Commission have violated more fundamental rights of citizens than all other agencies put together. They brandish Indian citizens of being illegal immigrants without any investigation and violate their fundamental rights. He further says that serving ex-parte notice is a strategy to force people to a Tribunal in order not be declared a foreigner without even being heard.