Former Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi, sentenced to 21 years in jail in the Naroda Patiya massacre case in which 97 people were killed by a mob during the 2002 Gujarat riots, is in “bad shape” due to various ailments, the State Government informed the Supreme Court on Thursday in reply to his bail plea.
The State Government said that medical reports suggests that Bajrangi has suffered a hundred percent vision loss besides various other ailments.
A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi asked the counsel for Gujarat Government to file the medical reports on an affidavit as it needs to be taken on record.
Senior advocate R Basant, appearing for Bajrangi, said that he is seeking bail in the case on health grounds as he is now 100 per cent deaf and blind and suffers from various heart ailments. “Let them (Gujarat) file an affidavit. We will hear you on merit,” the bench said while posting the matter for further hearing next week.