‘Tell the judge he has done no crime’: The struggles of Hany Babu’s family https://scroll.in/article/1084144/tell-the-judge-he-has-done-no-crime-the-struggles-of-hany-babus-family He was a member of a committee formed to defend GN Saibaba, a former Delhi University professor who had been sentenced to a life term for his alleged links to the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist). independent investigators have found clues that allegedly show that the authorities have used fabricated evidence to build a case against the accused. Human rights organisations have described the case as a witch-hunt against political dissidents.
The Bhima Koregaon BK-15 The six remaining to be released - Surendra Gadling, Mahesh Raut, Hany Babu, Sagar Gorkhe, Ramesh Gaichor, Jyoti Jagtap - as well as the 9 released on bail - are all observing a 1-day hunger strike today for exonerating Father Stan of the false charges.
One of the accused in the case with Babu, Father Stan Swamy, died as an incarcerated undertrial in 2021, a day before his bail hearing. Swamy, 84, who had Parkinson’s disease, died a prisoner without ever being found guilty.
When Swamy passed away in Mumbai’s Holy Family Hospital, he had already told the court that his body functions had undergone a steady regression in jail and all he wanted to do was to go home.