Three documents were found on his person after NirodBaran Das, an intellectual and pillar of the local community was found dead. One was the NRC notification declaring him a foreigner (sic), second was a note stating that none in his family was responsible for the decision to take his own life, and third was a communication to his wife to re-pay four five persons small loans that he had taken. The NRC process has so far claimed over two dozensuch lives in the past four months alone!

This Video taken by Zamser Ali for Sabrangindia narrates the Ordeal:

It is the umpteenth Suicide Case in Assam, all because of the so-called Foreigners Tribunal. Last time it was labourers and the working class. This time the Suicide Victim is none less than a retired teacher and a practicing Advocate NirodBaran Das from Kharupetia town that falls under the Darrang district. Surprisingly Das was not iintimated of any proceeding against him  before he was summararily declared ‘ a foreigner. ‘ Tradically, the name of NirodBaran Das is available in the NRC 1951.

In the video, a close associate and student describes how NirodBaran Das was born and brought up in Kharupetia, details the school where he studied, passed his matriculation examination and where he returned to teach. The speaker says this suicide is a huge loss to the local community and explains how the victim was deeply worried about his pension, about being thrown out of the country. He went repeatedly to the police station to check if there was any case against him and foind none.

Locals protested about the last rites demanding that the SP register and FIR saying this was ‘an NRC related death.’ Finally the SP has agreed to register an FIR and moreover has promised compensation to the family within a month

Earlier Cases of NRC Related Suicides:

Two people have allegedly committed suicide in Assam due to the exclusion of names of their family members from the final draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC). While 70 year old Deben Barman was found hanging from a tree in Dhubri district on August 7, 44 year old Rajesh Singh was also found hanging in his home in Udalgiri district the following day.

Before that, BinoyChanda, the only earning member of his family, became the enth suicide victim in Assam since the BJP came to power in May 2016 due to the ‘D’ Voter issue. The poor youth of Dimlapar village under the Tamulpur Police Station in the Baksa district committed suicide late at night on Sunday, September 9, due to fears that his mother, Santi Rani Chanda, was going to be declared a ‘Foreigner’ by a Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT).

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All applicants will able to collect information regarding this from NRC Seva Kendras (NSK Centres) or from the NRC website. From August 31to September 28, any person whose name has been dropped from the updated draft NRC will able to file a claim and objections application. After proper hearings of the claim and objections applications, the final list of the updated NRC will be published.
 
Mr. Prateek Hajela, the State Coordinator of the NRC also spoke alongside Mr. Sailesh at the press conference, also re-iterated that out of the 40,07,708 persons –approximately 12 % of the total applicants who had filed claims before the NRC—dropped from this draft, are not all foreigners. In many cases, the Legacy Person of the applicants family has been dropped from the draft NRC, while all his siblings have been included. This sort of injustice, I believe, has not been done without knowledge of the Government. From Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to RGI Sri Sailesh, all are of the opinion that the latest draft is not the final updated NRC. All excluded applicants will have the opportunity to file claim and objections applications. This mammoth exercise, expected to be fair and Constitutional, has thrown up serious anomalies and while the rhetoric was in place at the press conference yesterday, there was a reluctance to even disclose how many of those excluded from the list were male, and how many female.
 
Although the draft of the NRC has been declared, the RGI and NRC State Coordinator declined to give facts and figures, such as how many male and female applicants have been excluded. Even the district-wise data for the number of people included and excluded from the NRC was not revealed. Unofficial sources indicate that of those excluded, 55% are female, and 45% are male.
 
It is evident that due to the hasty order of the State Coordinator of the NRC regarding weak documents, dated May 1, 2017, large numbers of women, minor boys and girls have been excluded from the updated draft NRC. Although the Supreme Court had allowed Panchayat certificates as linkage certificates, and the NRC State Coordinator was directed to examine their genuineness, the court directives have been violated by and large. Married women were directed to submit additional documents that were available before December 2015 as supporting documents for the Panchayat certificates. Due to this, large numbers of married women, minor girls and boys have been excluded.
 
Preliminary reports from the ground also suggest that though it was assumed that the updated NRC would largely affected the Muslim minority, ground reports indicate that large numbers of Bengali Hindus, especially from Dalit communities, some Indigenous Koch Rajbonshis, some sections of Nepali and other Indian labour and business class hailing from northern, western, and southern India, as well as large numbers of Muslims have been excluded from the updated draft NRC.
 

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