bhubaneswar an engineer survived by his son brother and sister was cremated as an unclaimed body here on monday he was 48 gautam biswas who resigned as a senior engineer productions from central governmentrun central tool room and training centre cttc in november last year died the death of a loner on friday voluntary organizations helped in his cremation as an unclaimed person as the family members did not come forward for the last rites i pray before the almighty that his soul rests in peace but i cant go for the cremation we were divorced around five years ago said his exwife the two were married for 20 years before separating in 2004 their only son is a third year mechanical engineering student at the national institute of technology nit rourkela when contacted he declined to speak his mother said he is busy preparing for his examinations on november 23 police said since no family member was ready to take him despite their repeated attempts he had to be cremated as an unclaimed body ngos said they had contacted gautams brother who stays in siliguri and sister who is in kolkata but they were not ready to come for his cremation either we contacted them when he was alive to come and take care of him they were not ready we contacted them again when he died there was no response said dilip kumar sahoo a social worker the two did not respond to toi phone calls volunteers shifted biswas from the latters rented accommodation in sailashree vihar to capital hospital on november 13 after noticing his failing health i noticed that his house was shut for three days which was unusual we shifted him to the hospital and tried to contact his family members and acquaintances with police help said pushpa pani a neighbour he was not in a position to speak when he came to the hospital he seemed to have damaged his liver by excessive drinking said a doctor who attended to him the neighbours said a particular family used to visit gautam often and had stopped coming to him for the past few days members of the family when contacted said they helped him earlier on humanitarian grounds he taught my brother at cttc and that is how we know him i had admitted him in the kalinga institute of medical sciences kims earlier this month and spent around rs 60000 on him being from a lower middle class family i couldnt afford his treatment and shifted him back to his accommodation besides my marriage was approaching and i was busy with the preparations said a man of the family he said his mother used to send food for gautam cttc authorities recall biswas as an efficient technocrat with great expertise he was technically very sound and a committed professional he resigned last year he often mentioned he had family problems said cttc general manager s k maity