Hyderabad, Sept. 16 -- A 56-year-old Bengali-origin Muslim man, arrested in May during Assam's crackdown on declared foreigners, succumbed to cancer while in detention center.

Amzad Ali, a resident of Rowmari village in Barpeta district of Assam, was arrested on May 28 and sent to the country's largest detention facility, the Matia Detention Center.

"His health deteriorated during his stay in the camp. He was initially sent to the Goalpara Civil Hospital from where he was referred to the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital on August 1," an official at the detention centre told Scroll.in.

On August 11, his clinical reports confirmed he had cancer. According to the official, the doctors at Guwahati Medical College and Hospital told Amz...