Delhi Professor, Jailed In Elgar Case, To Be Shifted To Private Hospital

Hany Babu moved the High Court on Wednesday morning seeking medical aid for an eye infection which he developed after contracting COVID-19.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday permitted Delhi University's Associate Professor Hany Babu, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to be shifted to the private Breach Candy Hospital for medical treatment. Hany Babu moved the High Court on Wednesday morning seeking medical aid for an eye infection which he developed after contracting COVID-19. The High Court said Mr Babu should be shifted to the Breach Candy Hospital on Thursday under police protection, and charges for his treatment there and medicines prescribed will be borne byhim and his family. Hany Babu tested positive for coronavirus earlier this month and is currently undergoing treatment at the state-run GT Hospital in Mumbai.