Man lodged in Assam detention camp dies, toll rises to 29
A man lodged in a detention camp for illegal migrants in Assam died at the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Goalpara late Friday. The man was admitted to the hospital after he fell ill 10 days ago.
With this, 29 people who were lodged in detention centres across the state have died till now. Nearly 1,000 people are lodged in such centres across the centre.
In October, a 65-year-old man, whose family claims he was mentally unstable and was lodged in a detention camp, died at the same hospital.…
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