The Bombay HC has issued notices to NIA and the Maharashtra government in connection with a plea filed by Father Frazer Mascarenhas, next of kin of late Father Stan Swamy.
Iklakh Rahim Shaikh, who spent time with the Jesuit priest in Taloja jail, says while "VIP prisoners" get access to all kinds of facilities, prisoners like Swamy are denied even the most basic rights.
The petition filed by Father Mascarenhas seeks a judicial inquiry into Stan Swamy's death in custody and to remove the ‘odium of guilty’ attached to the tribal rights activist's name.