Father Stan Swamy, 83, on Friday filed an application before the special court seeking that he be allowed the use of a straw and sipper in Taloja Central Jail where he has been lodged as he cannot hold a glass due to Parkinson’s disease. The prosecution has sought time 20 days to file a reply to this application and the matter will be heard on November 26. Father Swamy is an accused in the Bhima-Koregaon violence and is currently in the prison hospital. He has fallen in jail multiple times and has been operated for hernia twice and still has pain in his lower abdomen. The court, however, recorded that, “The grounds pleaded by the applicant for grant of bail does not reveal that the medical treatment provided to the applicant in prison is not sufficient.

Source: The Hindu November 06, 2020 15:59 UTC