Don’t shift me from Taloja to Arthur Road jail, Stan Swamy tells NIA court

The 83-year-old Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist, Fr Stan Swamy, arrested in Elgar Parishad case and lodged in Taloja prison, made a plea before a special NIA court against his possible move to Arthur Road jail. The defence prayed that he should not be moved without court permission, and they should be heard if such a move was in the offing.
The jail authorities are yet to submit a report on Swamy’s plea for a sipper and straw. The octogenarian sought the articles as he suffers from Parkinson’s disease and his hands shake. His lawyer told court that while from news reports he gathered Swamy had been given the items, he received no official word on it.
Swamy’s defence had on November 6 first made the plea for a sipper and straw they said were taken by NIA when he was arrested in Jharkhand on October 8. NIA told the court last week that they did not seize the articles. Swamy’s advocate Sharif Shaikh immediately moved another plea seeking court permission to provide him winter clothes, a straw and sipper.
Swamy’s defence submitted pleas on Friday seeking his bag, which NIA “seized” at the time of arrest. The pleas will be heard on December 10.