Enforcement of bail by Varavara Rao for health reasons is just a “trick”, investigative agency NIA says
Bombay:
Enforcement of the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case accused Varavara Rao of bail for health reasons was a mere “ruse” and he was trying to gain undue advantage under the guise of the COVID-19 pandemic situation and his old age , the NIA said. the High Court of Bombay.
His condition was stable and he did not need treatment at a multi-specialty hospital, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said in his affidavit of July 16, the day the 81-year-old activist tested positive for coronavirus.
The application of the bond by Varavara Rao for health reasons was therefore only a simple “trick” and he “was trying to take an undue advantage under the guise of the current situation due to the global pandemic and its old age, “said the NIA, which is probing the Elgar Parishad-Maoist Ties Affair.
The NIA also said in its affidavit that otherwise Varavara Rao would not be eligible for bail solely on the merits of the case.
“The prison authorities responded in a timely manner and provided the necessary medical assistance to the accused appellant Rao. The applicant was admitted to JJ Hospital for stunning on May 28 and after medical treatment was released on May 1. June because it was found to be asymptomatic and hemodynamically stable, ”he says.
Varavara Rao’s medical record and the report submitted by hospital superintendent JJ did not suggest that he suffered from such an illness which required him to seek treatment immediately at a multi-specialty hospital, further said. the investigative agency in its affidavit.
Varavara Rao is currently undergoing treatment for COVID-19 and other ailments at Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai.
On July 20, the Bombay High Court briefly heard Varavara Rao’s request for bail. His lawyer Sudeep Pasbola told the court that Rao was “almost on his deathbed” and that even the NIA could not dispute the fact that his health was very critical.
“His condition is very serious. He hit his head against the hospital bed while in JJ Hospital and suffered serious injuries. Besides COVID-19, he suffers from several ailments, he is hallucinating and delirious, ”Pasbola said.
“His days are numbered and if he has to die, at least let him die in the presence of his family members,” the lawyer said, asking Varavara Rao to get bail.
However, attorney for Additional Solicitor General of the NIA, Anil Singh, told the court on July 20 that the state was “taking good care” of Varavara Rao and had been admitted to one of the “best. super-specialized hospitals in the city “.
The NIA is supposed to inform the court on Thursday whether Varavara Rao’s family can be allowed to see him.
Last month, the NIA filed an almost similar affidavit opposing the bail application of Varavara Rao’s co-accused Sudha Bharadwaj in the case.
He said the bail application “to plead regarding the petitioner’s state of health is simply a ruse to obtain an interim relief order that would not otherwise be available to her on the merits of the case”.
Varavara Rao and nine other activists were arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, which was initially investigated by Pune police and then transferred to the NIA in January this year.
The case concerned alleged inflammatory speeches made at the Elgar Parishad conclave in Pune on December 31, 2017, which police said sparked violence the next day near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial.
Police also claimed the conclave was organized by people with suspected Maoist ties.
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