A call to pray for the release of all the Elgaar Parishad accused was sounded after the Requiem Mass for Father Stan Swamy at St Mary’s Cathedral in Ranchi on Saturday.
“We would like to appeal to all to pray that all those accused in the Elgaar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case be released immediately unless the State is able to prove their guilt conclusively,” Ranchi auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas said while delivering the homily after the mass, which was broadcast online.
Advertisement
The Ranchi-based Father Stan an ailing, 84-year-old Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist who died in federal custody on July 5 in Mumbai had been held for nine months without bail under the anti-terror law UAPA in the Elgaar Parishad case.