SILCHAR: An employee of Cachar Paper Mill died in Silchar on Saturday evening taking the death toll to 109 since the state’s two paper mills stopped functioning.
Sources in the Joint Action Committee of Recognised Unions on Sunday said the employee, Anil Baraik (56), a resident of Thaligram in Udharband locality of Cachar district, was suffering from neuro ailments, but could not afford necessary treatment because of financial crisis owing to non-payment of salary for the last 65 months.
