Elderly priest in India denied bail a second time

-- mumbai, india -- a special indian court on monday rejected the bail application of jesuit priest fr stan swamy sj, who was arrested by th...

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-- Mumbai, India -- A special Indian court on Monday rejected the bail application of Jesuit priest Fr Stan Swamy SJ, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on 8 October of last year on terrorism charges, and has been in custody ever since. This latest is the second bail application rejected by the court.

The 83-year-old priest has been jailed since October 2020 for his alleged role in inciting riots in Bhima Koregaon in 2018 (a village in India’s western state of Maharashtra) in 2018. He has been charged under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code, including terror-related offences of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

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