Jailed Activist Stan Swamy To Be Taken To Mumbai Hospital Tomorrow

Stan Swamy, 84, suffers from Parkinson's disease. He was arrested in October last year over his alleged involvement in the Koregaon-Bhima case

Tribal rights activist Stan Swamy will be taken to a hospital in Mumbai tomorrow for a medical check-up and a report on his health will be given to the Bombay High Court. The court will also hear Mr Swamy's bail plea on medical grounds on Friday. Mr Swamy, 84, suffers from Parkinson's disease. He was arrested in October last year over his alleged involvement in the Koregaon-Bhima case. He has been battling ill health at Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai. The Koregaon-Bhima case involves violence that erupted 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 earlier at Shaniwarwada in Pune. Mr Swamy's lawyer, Mihir Desai, had submitted a note in the high court detailing the lack of medical aid at Taloja prison, the impossibility of social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the overcrowded jail, and his generally deteriorating health.