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DeTect: Elderly man chained to bed is not Stan Swamy

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DeTect: Elderly man chained to bed is not Stan Swamy
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Chennai

A photo has been shared online as that of activist Stan Swamy’s last days in the hospital. The 84-year-old tribal rights activist died on July 5. Alt News through a reverse-image search found that the elderly man in the viral image was convicted murderer Baburam Balram Singh. The NHRC issued a notice to the UP government over the chaining of Singh, 92, to his hospital bed during treatment at the Etah district hospital. 

First published on www.altnews.in

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