The 81-year-old poet-activist, Varvara Rao, who has been jailed for more than two years in the Koregaon-Bhima case, was kicked out of Mumbai’s Nanavati hospital late Saturday after the Bombay High Court granted him bail for six months. Medical basis last month.
He was undergoing treatment at a hospital where he was admitted by the Maharashtra government after the intervention of the High Court. His lawyer Indira Jaising posted a picture of the poet-activist on Twitter.
Rao has been told by the court that he should stay in Mumbai and be available for investigation whenever needed. He must also submit his passport before the NIA (National Investigation Agency) court, and he is prohibited from establishing any contact with his co-accused in the case. He will have to deposit a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and two sureties of the same amount.
He was in custody since August 28, 2018 awaiting trial in the case.
The case is being investigated by the National Investigation Agency, including allegations of making inflammatory speeches at the Elgar Parishad conference held in Pune on December 31, 2017, about which the police claimed that the Koregaon-Bhima War Memorial would be held the next day. Violence occurred near
Varvara Rao and nine other activists were accused of plotting violence with Maoists. Mr. Rao, who led the “Virasam”, a union of revolutionary writers, strongly denied the charge.