MUMBAI: Days after alleged Maoists’ Central committee member Milind Teltumbde was killed in an encounter with C60 commandos, a special NIA court on Tuesday granted his brother, scholar Anand Teltumbde to speak to their grieving 90-year-old mother for five minutes over the phone on speaker mode.
Anand Teltumbde is currently lodged in jail in connection to the Elgar Parishad case. Teltumbde’s plea said that their mother is in a state of shock and bereavement on learning the sad demise and tragic death of her son Milind Teltumbde. Anand Teltumbde’s plea said that since "mulaqaat" has commenced in jails, telephone calls have been stopped.
Allowing the plea, the court said that considering the fact that the mother is 90-year-old and that the advocate submitted that only one opportunity to make phone call be given, it would be just to consider the submission.
"Hence, the Superintendent Taloja Central Prison shall allow accused to make phone call to his mother for 5 minutes by keeping the phone on speaker mode," the court said. It further held that the superintendent should get it confirmed that the person speaking from the other side is the mother of Anand Teltumbde.
