Sagar Tatyaram Gorkhe, an accused in the Elgar Parishad case, has written to Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil, alleging harassment by the Taloja Jail superintendent. He has also threatened to go on a hunger strike until death.
Sagar Gorakhe has taken the matter to Maharashtra home minister, accusing Taloja Prison authorities of turning the prison into a 'torture camp' for him and his co-accused in the Elgar Parishad case.
The pleas filed by the Editors Guild of India and Major General (Retired) S.G. Vombatkere state that the law causes a ‘chilling effect’ on free speech and is an unreasonable restriction on free expression, a fundamental right