Jailed Delhi University associate professor Hany Babu M.T. has been admitted to a Mumbai hospital after he apparently tested positive for Covid-19 when he went there for a second opinion on an acute eye infection that had been festering for some time.
Babu has been an undertrial at Navi Mumbai’s Taloja Central Prison since last year for an alleged Elgaar Parishad-Maoist plot to incite violence at an Ambedkarite event in Bhima-Koregaon in 2018.
His wife Jenny Rowena, who too teaches at DU, said in a statement: “It was only after Hany’s lawyer, Ms Payoshi Roy, made over 8 calls to the prison and sent another email dated 10.5.2021 emphasising the gravity of the situation that Hany was taken to J.J. Hospital, Mumbai, on 12.5.2021. On 13.5.2021, Jenny, Hany Babu’s wife, received a phone call from Taloja prison and was informed that Hany had been admitted to J.J. Hospital. She was not informed of either his diagnosis, nor the treatment being administered, and not even the time of