India
oi-Deepika S
Mumbai, Dec 07: The family members of activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima case, on Monday claimed his spectacles were “stolen” from the Taloja prison where he is lodged, causing acute discomfort to him given his extremely poor eyesight.
They said Navlakha”s spectacles were “stolen” on November 27 and he was yet to get a new pair of glasses for which they blamed the prison authorities.
They claimed Navlakha is “almost blind” without the spectacles and yet, when they sent a pair of new glasses to him by post earlier this month, the prison authorities refused to accept the eyewear and sent it back.
“Presently Gautam Navlakha is in acute distress, is unable to see things around him and consequently his blood pressure has shot up,” read a statement circulated in the evening by Navlakha”s lawyers that was signed by the activist”s…