The National Investigation Agency (NIA) yesterday opposed the bail plea of activist Sudha Bharadwaj, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima case, in the Bombay High Court saying her ailments were not of serious nature. The NIA also said, authorities at the Byculla prison were capable of attending to Bharadwaj’s medical needs.
After hearing arguments from the NIA and Bharadwaj’s counsel, the High Court directed the Maharashtra Government to submit the latest health report of the activist and an affidavit within a week clarifying how it proposed to implement safety guidelines and the court’s People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) order in the Byculla prison to protect inmates.
