CHENNAI: Demand for action against ‘responsible’ for death of Jesuit priest Stan SwamiThe CPI(M) Tamil Nadu State Committee on Monday announced that it would hold a state-wide protest on July 8, protesting “injustice” and demanding action.
The Marxist party said that appropriate action should be taken against those who were “responsible for Swami’s death through acts like imposing a false case and treating him inhumanly”.
A human rights activist, a native of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, who worked tirelessly for the rights of tribal people in Jharkhand, the CPI(M) condoled the death of Swamy.
CPI(M) state secretary K Balakrishnan, in a statement, demanded that all those arrested with “political motives” in the Bhima Koregaon and other cases besides those imprisoned under “draconian” laws should be released.
He said people should raise their voice against Swamy’s death, “which is an injustice,” and they should protest against the violation of freedom of expression and the filing of “false cases” and jailing those criticizing the government, They said.
Expressing grief over Pujari’s death, Viduthalai Chiruthigal Katchi chief Thol Thirumavalavan alleged that Swamy was arrested in a “false case”.
The VCK chief said Swamy’s death was a “lawful killing by the BJP government and cannot be treated as a death of coronavirus.”
84-year-old Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case, died in custody at a Mumbai hospital on Monday and was awaiting bail on medical grounds.
Swami was arrested National Investigation Agency In October 2020 and Taloja was jailed Maharashtra.
Later, following an order of the Bombay High Court on a petition filed by him, he was admitted to the private hospital on May 29, seeking medical attention as he was then suffering from COVID-19 and Parkinson’s disease.
The Marxist party said that appropriate action should be taken against those who were “responsible for Swami’s death through acts like imposing a false case and treating him inhumanly”.
A human rights activist, a native of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, who worked tirelessly for the rights of tribal people in Jharkhand, the CPI(M) condoled the death of Swamy.
CPI(M) state secretary K Balakrishnan, in a statement, demanded that all those arrested with “political motives” in the Bhima Koregaon and other cases besides those imprisoned under “draconian” laws should be released.
He said people should raise their voice against Swamy’s death, “which is an injustice,” and they should protest against the violation of freedom of expression and the filing of “false cases” and jailing those criticizing the government, They said.
Expressing grief over Pujari’s death, Viduthalai Chiruthigal Katchi chief Thol Thirumavalavan alleged that Swamy was arrested in a “false case”.
The VCK chief said Swamy’s death was a “lawful killing by the BJP government and cannot be treated as a death of coronavirus.”
84-year-old Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case, died in custody at a Mumbai hospital on Monday and was awaiting bail on medical grounds.
Swami was arrested National Investigation Agency In October 2020 and Taloja was jailed Maharashtra.
Later, following an order of the Bombay High Court on a petition filed by him, he was admitted to the private hospital on May 29, seeking medical attention as he was then suffering from COVID-19 and Parkinson’s disease.
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