In a scathing 14-page letter, prisoner Iklakh Rahim Shaikh accuses the administration of ignoring Stan Swamy's deteriorating health conditions and denying him treatment. | @sukanyashantha
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@sukanyashantha "I want the world to know what he and many like him have been subjected to inside jail".
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@sukanyashantha Shaikh, who spent close to 60 months in jail, says he had been lodged in an "Anda Cell", an-egg shaped cellar that lacked ventilation.
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@sukanyashantha Stan Swamy was arrested on October 8, 2019. After he was taken to jail, he had requested for a sipper cup to drink water, as he was suffering from Parkinson's disease.
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@sukanyashantha The involuntary shaking of his body made it difficult for him to drink water. His request was overlooked.
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@sukanyashantha Stan Swamy, even after repeated requests, was not administered a vaccine against COVID-19 infection.
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@sukanyashantha He eventually got infected and was moved to a private hospital in Bandra, where he died.
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@sukanyashantha "Our right to life, as guaranteed in the constitution, should remain intact even in jail. But that is not the case."
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@sukanyashantha As per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, in 2020 alone, 1,887 prisoners died. Of them, 102 deaths were inside 60 prisons in Maharashtra.
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@sukanyashantha In the absence of accountability, most of these deaths are termed as "natural deaths".
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