A Nigerian Juvenile died in India due to Cardiac Arrest, Sigh !

Arahi Zundu Joel

A young Nigerian footballer who was under 18, a juvenile in legal terms died  because of the negligence of Juvenile Home in Tripura state . Arahi Zundu Joel, 17, died because of cardiac arrest on December 26, 2013. He came here to India in the year 2010 to build his career in football. 

His mistake was only this that his visa was expired and still he remained in India. But there are few unanswered questions that should be asked by the Indian government. Joel was a teenage guy who was not even attained eighteen year of age, Did he had any money, he could have renewed. He was not a criminal. They should have investigated about him properly.

No doubt, India ranks in the top when it comes to racism but it is really sad in this case that nobody could help him. It is just unimaginable that a 17 years old got cardiac arrest. He was not a trespasser to cross the border to Bangladesh for some criminal acts. 

The case is still on By Nigerian's Association in Kolkata to know the real cause of Joel's death in a Juvenile centre at Tripura.  He faced this case under Section 471 of the Indian Penal Code, sections of the Foreigners Act, 1946, and Section 174 of the CrPC. 

Like many I also want a fair trail for Joel's case. He was no one to me but what terms can be provided if the same thing happens to me or to a child like him in a foreign land. What provision can a government provide to the people who does not have enough money to go back to his mother land, to renew the visa. Surely, this incident has shaken me. According to the law, what he did is a crime but what he went through is also not a justice to the human being. I just can say rest in peace Joel, You are not for this unlawful world.