Delhi riots: HC grants 3 weeks’ interim bail to Natasha Narwal
The Hindu
The former JNU student’s father died of COVID-19 on Sunday and she is the only family member who could conduct the cremation and last rites as her brother is in self-isolation.
The Delhi High Court on Monday granted three weeks interim bail to former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Natasha Narwal, arrested in connection with the north-east Delhi riots, to perform the last rites of her father who died of COVID-19 on Sunday. The court took note of the fact that deceased Mahavir Narwal was survived by a son, who himself is in self-isolation due to the pandemic, and that Ms. Natasha was the only family member who could conduct the cremation and last rites. The court was also informed that the deceased’s body was at a hospital in the city.
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