ILAM, March 25: Durga Prasad Timsina, originally from Mai Municipality-10 of Ilam, who was recently released from Dum Dum Correctional Home of Kolkata, India, was granted citizenship, on Thursday.
District Administration Office, Ilam issued citizenship on Thursday. Province 1 government has decided to bear expenses for Timsina's treatment.
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The 61-year-old had been lodged in various jails including the Dum Dum Correctional Home in India without a trial for 40 years.
A division bench of justices Thottathil B Nair Radhakrishnan and Anirudra Roy of the Kolkata High Court recently issued an order for Timsina’s release.
