<p class="_yeti_done">India’s leading octogenarian tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy – who was an undertrial-accused in the controversial Elgar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima case - <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/tribal-rights-activist-fr-stan-swamy-passes-away-hours-before-the-hearing-of-his-bail-plea-1005065.html" target="_blank">passed away in Mumbai</a> on Monday, hours before his bail plea on medical grounds was to be heard by the Bombay High Court.</p>.<p>Tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy, accused in the alleged Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/we-are-providing-sipper-straw-to-stan-swamy-taloja-prison-authorities-921252.html" target="_blank">was being provided sipper and other facilities</a> in the Taloja prison from the day second of his arrest, a senior prison official said on Sunday.</p>.<p>Swamy, 83, who suffered from various health issues including Parkinson's disease, was arrested on October 8 and was lodged at the Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai.</p>.<p>"Not just sipper and straw, we are providing him other facilities too like a wheelchair, walking stick, walker, and two attendants were also provided to him," the official said last year.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/main-article/a-lot-else-died-with-father-stan-swamy-1005358.html" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>
<p class="_yeti_done">India’s leading octogenarian tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy – who was an undertrial-accused in the controversial Elgar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima case - <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/tribal-rights-activist-fr-stan-swamy-passes-away-hours-before-the-hearing-of-his-bail-plea-1005065.html" target="_blank">passed away in Mumbai</a> on Monday, hours before his bail plea on medical grounds was to be heard by the Bombay High Court.</p>.<p>Tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy, accused in the alleged Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/we-are-providing-sipper-straw-to-stan-swamy-taloja-prison-authorities-921252.html" target="_blank">was being provided sipper and other facilities</a> in the Taloja prison from the day second of his arrest, a senior prison official said on Sunday.</p>.<p>Swamy, 83, who suffered from various health issues including Parkinson's disease, was arrested on October 8 and was lodged at the Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai.</p>.<p>"Not just sipper and straw, we are providing him other facilities too like a wheelchair, walking stick, walker, and two attendants were also provided to him," the official said last year.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/main-article/a-lot-else-died-with-father-stan-swamy-1005358.html" target="_blank">Read more</a></strong></p>