Mumbai, July 5 (IANS): Ailing octogenarian tribal rights activist Fr Stan Lourduswamy, accused in the Koregoan-Bhima case who was awaiting bail on medical grounds, passed away here on Monday afternoon. He was 84.
Swamy's Senior Advocate Mihir Desai informed the Bombay High Court judges Justice S S Shinde and Justice N J Jamdar of the development when his bail plea came up for hearing this afternoon.
"It is with a very heavy heart I have to inform you that Fr. Stan Swamy has passed away," a doctor treating him informed the court.
He added that early on Saturday the 84-year old activist had suffered a cardiac arrest and could not be revived.