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Assam man fighting citizenship battle dies by suicide

-MaktoobMedia.com

The 60-year-old dry fish seller Manik Das was fighting a legal battle to prove his citizenship before a Foreigner’s Tribunal (FT) in Assam since December 2019, despite his name appearing in the National Register for Citizens (NRC) that was published a few months before that.

On Tuesday, Manik who is a resident of Borkhal village and was going through mental trauma because of the ongoing case, breathed his last. He died by suicide.

“All our names, including my father’s, featured in the NRC, but he received the notice in December 2019, saying that he had to prove his citizenship,” Indian Express quotes Manik Das’s son Kartik Das as saying.

“All his documents were in order… but he would often worry and ask, ‘how will I survive?’ We all knew he was affected by this but never expected him to take such a step. All of us were shocked,” Manik’s 35-year-old grief-stricken son said.

“My father would appear for all his hearings on time, but the entire process used to take a toll on him, especially because of the financial losses,” Kartik said.

Manik who had been selling dry fish at the weekly market in his village spent more than a lakh on the proceedings, Kartik told the newspaper.

Deepak Biswas, Manik’s lawyer claimed that Manik had all identity documents, such as PAN card, Aadhaar card, as well as land records.

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