A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Monday rejected the bail petition of civil rights activist and journalist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case in 2018.
Mr. Navlakha surrendered before the NIA office in Delhi on April 14, 2021, and is currently lodged at Taloja Central Jail. Special judge Rajesh J. Katariya rejected Mr. Navlakha’s bail petition and the detailed order is not made available yet.
The Bombay High Court in April this year had rejected his plea seeking house arrest on the grounds of his ill health and poor sanitation conditions in the jail. He has been lodged inside a cell (solitary confinement) which is a high security cell, where he is allowed a walk in the open space for half an hour and has to clean his own cell.
