NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JULY 5
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday condoled the death of Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, saying the ‘suffering’ the activist endured should not befall anyone else.
Hailing Swamy as an activist of tribal and human rights, who worked for the marginalised sections of society, Stalin said he was shocked to learn of his death.
பழங்குடியின மக்களின் உரிமைப் போராளியும் மனிதவுரிமைச் செயற்பாட்டாளருமான ஸ்டேன் சுவாமி அவர்கள் மறைந்த செய்தியறிந்து அதிர்ச்சியுற்றேன். ஆழ்ந்த இரங்கல்.
அடித்தட்டு மக்களுக்காகப் போராடிய அவருக்கு நேர்ந்த துயரம் இனி எவருக்கும் நிகழக் கூடாது.#StanSwamy pic.twitter.com/KoS4zBw6PS
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) July 5, 2021
Condoling the Jharkhand based priest’s death at a Mumbai hospital, the Chief Minister, in a tweet, said the ‘suffering’ Swamy endured should not befall anyone else.
An accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, 84 year-old Swamy died in custody at a hospital in Mumbai on Monday and he awaited bail on medical grounds.
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Swamy was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in October 2020 and lodged in Taloja prison in Maharashtra.
Later, he was admitted to the private hospital in Mumbai on May 29 for treatment of COVID-19 and Parkinson’s disease.
