India, Sept. 24 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday opposed a petition in the Bombay high court seeking to remove the "odium" of criminal charges against Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy who died in custody in July 2021 while awaiting trial in the Elgar Parishad case. The petition was filed by Swamy's friend and fellow Jesuit priest Father Frazer Mascarenhas. In his response to the petition, Vikram Khalate, NIA deputy inspector general (Mumbai region) said that the petition lacked legal force. He said the petitioners could not use Swamy's death to assume that he was not guilty. "To declare the accused not guilty would only arise after due trial," said the NIA.P12
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