NIA says it didn’t seize Stan Swamy’s straw and sipper
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Reports claiming so are ‘false, incorrect and mischievous’, says company.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) mentioned on Sunday that it has not seized human rights activist Father Stan Swamy’s straw and sipper, and dismissed the reviews as “false, incorrect and mischievous”.
The 83-year-old priest, who ails from Parkinson’s illness, was arrested from his residence in Ranchi on October 8 for his alleged involvement within the 2017 Bhima Koregaon case, and is lodged on the Taloja Jail in Mumbai.
An NIA spokesperson mentioned Fr. Swamy was a “hard-core activist of the banned CPI (Maoist) (Communist Party of India-Maoist) and was chargesheeted on October 9, along with seven other accused, for his involvement in the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case.”
The case pertains to an Elgar Parishad occasion of December 31, 2017 organised at Shaniwarwada in Pune, the place allegedly provocative speeches had been made, resulting in violence ensuing within the lack of life and property, and a State-wide agitation in Maharashtra.
“After arresting accused Stan Swamy, NIA produced him before the Special Court in Mumbai along with chargesheet on October 9 and never took his police custody. All the necessary legal formalities such as his medical examination etc. were duly observed. Since then, accused Stan Swamy has been in judicial custody at Taloja Central Jail. Nearly after a month, i.e. on November 6, accused Stan Swamy filed an application in the Hon’ble NIA Court at Mumbai for getting back his straw and sipper, (which he falsely claimed to have been kept by NIA). The Hon’ble Court asked the Agency to file its reply on next date, which was scheduled on November 26. NIA duly filed its reply in the court on the scheduled date stating therein that NIA had conducted his personal search in presence of independent witnesses and no such straw and sipper were found,” NIA mentioned in a press release.
The NIA mentioned that the courtroom rejected Swamy’s utility and has issued essential path to the jail authorities to offer him with a straw and sipper.
“As the accused was in judicial custody, the matter was between him and the jail authorities which come under the Maharashtra State Administration. The reports claiming that NIA recovered straw and sipper from accused Stan Swamy and sought 20 days’ time from the court to respond to Stan Swamy’s plea to allow him a straw and sipper in Taloja Central Jail, are false, incorrect and mischievous as NIA neither recovered any straw and sipper from the accused nor sought 20 days time to file reply in said application,” NIA mentioned.
It additional added that the accused was propagating amongst different cadre that the arrest of the city CPI (Maoist) cadre from completely different elements of nation, notably in Maharashtra, has brought on an enormous irrevocable injury to CPI (Maoist). The NIA alleged that he obtained funds from different Maoist cadre for furtherance of the actions of CPI (Maoist). “He is convener of PPSC (Persecuted Prisoners Solidarity Committee), a frontal organisation of CPI (Maoist). Incriminating documents related to communications for furthering the activities of the banned terrorist organisation CPI (Maoist) were seized from his possession,” the NIA alleged.
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