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Guwahati: Assam government has constituted a Special Review Committee to review various conditions prevailing in the Detention Centres.
The Committee headed by DIG (Border) would comprise Inspector General of Prisons, District and Session Judge Hardeep Singh (Retd.), one representative to be nominated by Deputy Commissioner of the concerned district and any other member co-opted by the Chairman.
The Committee will visit all Detention Centres in the state and review the legal aid status and health status of each detainee and provide recommendation for improvement if needed and also review the quality of food, hygiene and living conditions in the detention centres.
The Committee is also mandated to check the education system for the children staying in the Centres and provide suggestion.
The Committee will conduct the review urgently and submit its consolidated report within three months.
It is to be mentioned that, two persons declared as foreigner by the Foreigners Tribunals and lodged in the detention centres died under detention within a month.
65-year-old Dulal Paul, who declared as a illegal foreigner by a Foreigner Tribunal and lodged in a detention camp in Assam was died at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital on October 12 after he was admitted at the government run hospital due to his deteriorated health condition.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
