He was falsely imprisoned by a vindictive state, they allegeIn a statement issued on Tuesday, friends and family members of Father Stan Swamy, who passed away here on Monday, said, “We are deeply pained and shaken to the core by the loss of Father Stan Swamy. This is not a natural death, but the institutional murder of a gentle soul, committed by an inhuman state. At 84 years of age and ailing due to Parkinson’s disease, he was the eldest among those arrested and the frailest. His arrest and subsequent detention in Taloja Prison in Navi Mumbai was already a death sentence pronounced against him. “We unequivocally hold the negligent jails, the indifferent courts and the malicious investigating agencies firmly responsible for his unfortunate death.

Source: The Hindu July 06, 2021 08:37 UTC