Mahavir Narwal, Father Of Jailed Activist Natasha Narwal, Dies Of Covid

"Mahavir Narwal was not able to speak to his daughter who is in jail. His son, Aakash, who is also COVID-19 positive, was there with him in Rohtak," sources close to the family told news agency PTI.

Noted scientist and a senior member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Mahavir Narwal, whose daughter Pinjra Tod activist Natasha Narwal remains in jail, died of the novel coronavirus infection on Sunday, family sources said. CPIM expresses deep condolences on the demise of Comrade Mahavir Narwal, a senior member of CPIM.It is criminal act of the Modi govt that his daughter Natasha Narwal was arrested under UAPA last year and couldn't even meet her father.Lal Salaam Mahavir Narwal! pic.twitter.com/B6An9V5y9L Unbelievably tragic, @harsh_mander. It is so sad to see our Indian democracy reduced to this state. Bail,not jail, used to be the mantra in such cases. What is happening to our human values that a daughter imprisoned for a political protest isn't allowed to meet her dying father? https://t.co/rNdEDWGLdQ Natasha was arrested in May last year for allegedly being part of a premeditated conspiracy in the northeast Delhi riots in February that year. She has been named under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The activist has been lodged in Tihar Jail in Delhi. "Mahavir Narwal was not able to speak to his daughter who is in jail. His son, Aakash, who is also COVID-19 positive, was there with him in Rohtak," sources close to the family said. His death drew messages of condolence on Twitter.