Jailed Pinjra Tod activist Natasha Narwal’s father dies of COVID-19
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Her bail petition to go to Mahavir Narwal was scheduled to be heard on May 10.
Activist Natasha Narwal’s father Mahavir Narwal on Sunday died because of COVID-19 associated problems.
Natasha has been lodged in Tihar Jail after being arrested in May 2020 for allegedly being half of a premeditated conspiracy within the northeast Delhi riots in February that 12 months. She has been booked underneath the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Breaking the information, Pinjra Tod, the organisation Natasha has been a component of stated that Natasha’s bail petiton to go to her father within the hospital was to be heard on May 10.
“Mahavir Narwal campaigned hard to prove the innocence of Natasha who was incarcerated for her peaceful participation in the protest against the Citizenship Citizenship Amendment Bill. This was not his first brush with prison. He himself had been imprisoned for his participation in protests during the Emergency period,” Pinjra Tod stated in an announcement.
Mr. Narwal was related to the People’s Science Movement and the Gyan-Vigyan Andolan since its inception in Haryana.
Several left-wing politicians and activists condoled the dying of Mr. Narwal. Tweeting her condolences, CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat stated “Extend my deep condolences to Natasha and her brother Aakash. The terrible injustice of the system in which a daughter wrongly locked up for a year unable to see her father even for a final farewell.”
CPIML politburo member Kavita Krishnan tweeted “This is so bloody cruel & sadistic: it’s a form of torture to keep political prisoners jailed during a pandemic, forced to suffer not only prison, but the pain of being away from loved ones who are dying. Natasha’s brother also has Covid-19,” she stated.
Earlier through the day, Pinjra Tod had organised a twitter storm to marketing campaign for Natasha’s launch in order that she might be along with her father and help her household as they battled COVID-19.
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