After Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist Stan Swamy tested positive for novel Coronavirus, his advocate Mihir Desai raised questions about the Taloja prison department’s conduct towards his health. Desai asked why he was not tested for Covid-19 when he clearly had all symptoms of the deadly infection. Desai has accused the prison of negligence for not conducting the RT-PCR test on Swamy, who had displayed all typical symptoms of Covid-19.

A Catholic priest holds a placard with the image of Father Stan Swamy during a protest against his arrest in the Bhima Koregaon case, at Secunderabad in Telangana. File pic