The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action taken report from the superintendent of prisons in connection with the alleged denial of medical facilities to octogenarian Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy at the Taloja Central Jail in Navi Mumbai.
Fr Stan, 84, is presently undergoing treatment under custody at the Holy Family Hospital in Mumbai.
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The NHRC has sought the report from the prison authorities within four weeks from the date of receipt of the letter, a copy of which is available with The Telegraph. NHRC assistant registrar (law) Subhra Tyagi had sent an email to the prison authorities on June 26.
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