Assam: Magisterial probe ordered into death of Dulal Paul

TEZPUR: The Assam government has ordered a magisterial probe into the death Dulal Paul, the 65-year-old man who died at Guwahati Medical College Hospital. Paul was lodged in a detention centre since 2017 after being declared a foreigner. He was brought to the GMCH last month and was in the hospital since then for treatment.
Deputy commissioner Manvendra Pratap Singh said that the probe into the death of Paul would be conducted by Additional DC (ADC) Parag Kakoti. The Bengali Federation of Assam has also submitted a memorandum demanding an investigation into the death, Singh said.
Paul was being treated for diabetes and psychiatric ailments and was examined by doctors of the Tezpur Medical College and Hospital (TMCH) on October 11 and brought back to the detention centre the same day.
His body is still at the GMCH morgue as his only son, Ashish Paul has refused to receive the body till he is declared as an Indian national. Sonitpur district officials led by ADC Kulen Sharma and Additional SP Numal Mahanta on Monday visited the residence of Ashish Paul urging him to receive the body which he declined, Mahanta said. Meanwhile, Assam Congress Committee general secretary and spokesperson Apurba Kumar Bhattacharjya said a team of the party led by APCC president Ripun Bora visited Alisinga village, where Dulal Paul was a resident, on Tuesday.