Stan Swamy had to submit a request to ask the jail authorities for instructions to give him a sip
Mumbai:
Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old tribal rights activist who suffers from Parkinson’s disease and was arrested last month for his alleged involvement in the Bhima-Koregaon case, received a straw and a sip from the Taloja jail authorities reported the PTI news agency. lawyer as he says today.
For more than four weeks, Swamy had been asking for a sip and a straw citing Parkison’s disease, which is a debilitating disorder of the central nervous system that can cause involuntary tremors or muscle spasms, causing even everyday actions, such as drinking. , difficult. Some patients also develop swallowing or chewing problems.
She filed three new requests in a special court in Mumbai today, seeking an address to the National Investigative Agency (NIA) to return her bag seized at the time of her arrest, a cloned copy of her hard drive, and an order not to transfer it from Taloja jail.
Swamy’s attorney told the special court that they gave him a straw and a sip, PTI reported.
In a 473-word press release divided into 10 points, the agency said Sunday that it never confiscated Swamy’s straw and straw during his arrest nearly two months ago. “The NIA had conducted its personal search in the presence of independent witnesses and no such straws or sips were found,” he said.
The special court said today that it will hear the three new applications filed by Swamy on December 10.
On Sunday, prison officials told PTI that they were providing Mr. Swamy with a sip and other facilities. “Not only straw and straw, we are also providing other facilities such as wheelchair, cane, walker, and two assistants were also provided,” said an official.
In her first application, Swamy, who has been in the Taloja Central Jail in Maharashtra for almost two months, said: “I cannot hold a glass because my hands are unstable due to Parkinson’s.”
Late last month, a special NIA court rejected Swamy’s application for bail, which had been filed on medical grounds, stating that the octogenarian had been booked under the strict UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act) and , therefore, bail was not allowed.
The Bhima-Koregaon case involves violence that broke out in the vicinity of a war memorial in the village of that name on January 1, 2018. This was allegedly after provocative speeches were made during the Elgar Parishad conclave held a day before at Shaniwarwada in Pune. .
The NIA claims that Swamy is linked to the activities of the CPI (Maoist) and had a role in instigating the violence.
With PTI inputs
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