Seven days have passed since 65-year-old Dulal Paul died in the Tezpur detention centre for declared foreigners, but his family has stood steadfast in its refusal to accept his body. Hoping to end what is turning out to be embarrassing impasse for the state government, chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday appealed to Paul's family to take his body back home and accord it a funeral. He also offered to attend Paul's shraddha.
