Judicial inquiry into Stan Swamy’s death yet to be initiated: State in Bombay HC

Friday, 23 July 2021Newsdesk

The Maharashtra government informed the Bombay High Court on Friday that a judicial magisterial inquiry into the death of Father Stan Swamy is yet to be initiated. Swamy, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 8, 2020, as an accused in the Elgaar Parishad case, died in a private hospital on July 5.

New Delhi, 23 July 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express,During Friday’s hearing before Justice S S Shinde and Justice N J Jamadar, Swamy’s lawyer Mihir Desai sought that an inquiry be conducted in Mumbai, in which Father Frazer Mascarenhas, the former principal of St Xavier’s College in Mumbai, who was handed over Swamy’s body, be allowed to participate.Desai also sought that the inquiry be conducted in accordance with the procedure laid down by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and a report be submitted to the High Court.The bench asked the state government if the inquiry had been initiated to which Chief Public Prosecutor Aruna Pai said, it hasn’t. The bench also asked Pai if the post-mortem examination was conducted as per procedure, to which she replied in the affirmative stating that it was videographed.

Source -The Indian Express