The NIA on Sunday denied reports that it recovered straw and sipper from Elgar Parishad case accused Stan Swamy and sought 20 days’ time from the court to respond to his plea to allow him a straw and sipper in Taloja Central Jail.

 These are false, incorrect and mischievous reports as the agency neither recovered any straw and sipper from the accused nor sought 20 days time to file reply in the said application before the court, the NIA said.

Swamy was arrested by NIA on October 8 for his involvement in the activities of CPI (Maoist) and for furtherance of the agenda of the banned terrorist organisation as one of the conspirators in Bhima Koregaon Elgar parishad case.

The case relates to widespread violence, arson and stone-pelting resulting in loss of lives and property  near Bhima Koregaon, as a result of the provocative speeches during organisation of Elgar Parishad programme at Shaniwarwada, Pune on December 31, 2017.

After arresting accused Swamy, the NIA had produced him before the Special Court in Mumbai along with chargesheet on October 9 and never took his police custody, the agency said.

“All the necessary legal formalities such as his medical examination etc. were duly observed. Since then, accused Stan Swamy has been in judicial custody at Taloja Central Jail. Nearly after a month, i.e. on 6/11/2020, accused Stan Swamy filed an application in the NIA Court at Mumbai for getting back his straw and sipper, (which he falsely claimed to have been kept by NIA),” it said.

The court asked the agency to file its reply on next date, which was scheduled on November 26.

The NIA filed its reply in the court on the scheduled date stating therein that it had conducted his personal search in presence of independent witnesses and no such straw and sipper were found.

The court rejected Swamy’s application but issued direction to the jail authorities to provide straw and sipper to Swamy.

As the accused was in judicial custody, the matter was between him and the jail authorities which come under the Maharashtra State Administration, the NIA said in a statement.