MUMBAI: With support pouring in from several quarters, a group of lawyers, including senior advocates, sent a plastic sipper and a bunch of disposal straws for 83-year-old Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist Fr Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad case, reports Rebecca Samervel. Swamy petitioned the special NIA court twice for a straw and sipper. The requests were made as Parkinson’s disease has made his hands unsteady, so he is unable to drink water from a cup.
Besides sending the articles, the group also urged Taloja jail authorities to make detention humane and make jail manual-approved arrangements for all inmates who have special medical needs.