A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai in Maharashtra, on October 22, rejected the interim bail plea of Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist Stan Swamy (83), arrested in connection with 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case, reports The Indian Express. Swamy had filed the interim bail application on medical grounds, citing his age and health problems. Swamy was arrested on October 8 by the central agency from Ranchi District of Jharkhand, and brought to Mumbai the next day on October 9. He was sent to judicial custody till October 23. The NIA has alleged that he is a member of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and was involved in a conspiracy to instigate caste violence in the Bhima Koregaon village near Pune in 2018.