: Covid-19: Jailed activist Natasha Narwal gets interim bail a day after her father dies of the virus #IndiaNEWS Jailed activist Natasha Narwal on Monday got interim bail for three weeks from the Delhi

Covid-19: Jailed activist Natasha Narwal gets interim bail a day after her father dies of the virus #IndiaNEWS
Jailed activist Natasha Narwal on Monday got interim bail for three weeks from the Delhi High Court, in order to perform her father’s last rites, reported Live Law. Narwal had applied for bail to see her ailing father, who died on Sunday after contracting the coronavirus.Natasha Narwal, an activist of women’s rights group Pinjra Tod and a student of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, has been in jail since being charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in May last year, for her alleged role in inciting the large-scale communal violence in Delhi in February. Another activist, Devangana Kalita, was also arrested along with her.Narwal’s father Mahavir Narwal had been admitted to a hospital in Rohtak in Haryana.“Mahavir Narwal campaigned hard to prove the innocence of Natasha who was incarcerated for her peaceful participation in the protest against the CAB [Citizenship Amendment Bill],??? Pinjra Tod said in a statement released on Sunday. “...He himself had been imprisoned for his participation in protests during the Emergency.???The group also criticised authorities as Natasha Narwal was unable to meet her father. The statement questioned: “How does the State compensate people for these losses????We have lost Mahavir Narwal- comrade, father, friend, fellow traveller. He passed away 2 hrs back due to...Read more

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