The Jesuit priest and human rights activist Stan Swamy had passed away in Mumbai’s Holy Family hospital on Monday. The doctors had informed the Bombay High Court that Swamy, 84, passed away at 1.30 pm.
“It is with a very heavy heart that I have to inform you that father Stan Swamy has passed away,” said Dr. D’Souza, the medical director, reported Live Law. He suffered a cardiac arrest at 4.30 am on Saturday and deteriorated thereafter.
A Bombay HC division bench, led by Justice S S Shinde, said: ‘With all humility at our command, we really are shocked by hearing this news. Therefore, last hearings we immediately allowed him to remain in the hospital of his choice. We have no words to express.
Swamy was arrested on October 8 last year and was lodged in Taloja central jail.
He was admitted to a private hospital in May, was in the Intensive Care Unit.
According to his lawyer, He was put on ventilator support on Sunday after he had difficulty in breathing.
