Stan Swamy, 84-Year-Old Activist Arrested Under Anti-terror Law, Dies

Stan Swamy was being handled on the Holy Family Hospital in Mumbai, following a courtroom order on May 28.

New Delhi:

Activist Stan Swamy, arrested below an anti-terror regulation within the Elgar Parishad case final 12 months, has died, his lawyer knowledgeable the Bombay High Court on Monday. The 84-year-old Jesuit priest had been on ventilator help since yesterday.

Stan Swamy was being handled on the Holy Family Hospital in Mumbai, following a courtroom order on May 28.

Last week, Stan Swamy had filed a recent plea for bail within the High Court, difficult a bit of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) that imposes stringent situations for bail to an accused charged below the Act.

Stan Swamy and his co-accused within the Elgar case had repeatedly complained of insufficient well being amenities within the Taloja jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai, the place they have been lodged as undertrials.