NEW DELHI, 27 Feb: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the AIIMS to set up a medical board to examine the health condition of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, currently lodged in Tihar Jail in a case registered against him under anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
\nA bench of Justices B.R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta asked the director of the AIIMS to constitute the board and submit a report in two weeks.
\n“Taking into consideration all this, it will be appropriate that the medical condition is examined by a board appointed by the AIIMS director. The board shall also consider the jail records and complete medical history of petitioner,” it said.
\nThe direction came after senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Purkayastha, submitted that the report filed by the prison authorities about his client’s medical condition was not correct.
\nThe Delhi High Court had on 13 October last year dismissed the pleas filed by Purkayastha and the news portal’s human resources department head Amit Chakravarty against their arrest and subsequent police remand in the case.
\nBoth were arrested by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police on 3 October.
\nAccording to the FIR lodged in the case, huge funds came to the news portal allegedly from China to “disrupt the sovereignty of India” and cause disaffection against the country.
\nIt also alleged that Purkayastha conspired with a group – People’s Alliance for Democracy and Secularism – to sabotage the electoral process during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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