NIA opposes NIA probe, Sudha Bharadwaj`s bail plea: ‘Taking undue benefit of pandemic`
(WorldNews India)

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) last week opposed the bail application of lawyer and former professor Sudha Bharadwaj, arrested in the Elgaar Parishad case, before the special NIA court stating that she is “taking undue benefit” of the Covid-19 pandemic in seeking interim bail on medical grounds. The NIA filed its reply to an appeal filed by Bharadwaj`s lawyers against the special court rejecting bail to her. In her plea, 58-year-old Bharadwaj, who is lodged in Byculla women`s jail in Mumbai, had sought interim bail on the ground that she suffers from two severe comorbidities – diabetes and high-blood pressure. She has submitted that she also has a history of pulmonary tuberculosis...