MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi (40), from a Local Congress, stepped in to be one of the pallbearers as well as cremated Mr. Dey’s body.
“He was too poor and lonely to have a decent funeral. As a human being and responsible for the people I represent, it was the least I could do for him,” Mr. Kurmi told The Hindu.
Mr. Dey, who was in his mid-50s, lived in the Deberapar Chariali locality of Mariani. Rupom Gogoi, a trader in the neighbourhood, came to know about his death and informed Mr. Kurmi.
“He lost no time in helping prepare the chita (stretcher-like bamboo structure on which a body is taken to the crematorium) and carry the body for cremation,” Mr. Gogoi said.
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In July 2017, he weighed a bag of 50 kg rice on his back and provided it to a flood relief camp near Kaziranga National Park.
On Friday evening, less than 24 hours after ensuring Mr. Dey’s cremation, the MLA became a pallbearer for the janaza (funeral) of a local auto-rickshaw driver’s mother.
Kabir Ahmed, the auto-rickshaw driver, had wanted the MLA to be part of his mother’s final journey.
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