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Man serving life sentence after conviction under UAPA detected with swine flu

Nagpur Central Jail inmate Narote had high fever on August 20 and was subsequently detected with swine flu, Deputy Superintendent Deepa Aage told PTI

|Aug 25, 2022, 16:34:53 IST

Nagpur: Pandu Narote, who was sentenced to life Imprisonment along with former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba for Maoist links under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act has been diagnosed with swine flu following which he has been submitted to hospital, jail officials told PTI.

Nagpur Central Jail inmate Narote had high fever on August 20 and was subsequently detected with swine flu, Deputy Superintendent Deepa Aage told PTI.

He is admitted in Government Medical College and Hospital here, the Deputy SP said.

Narote, Saibaba and four others were sentenced to life imprisonment in March 2017 under various sections of the UAPA dealing with conspiracy, being a member of terrorist gang or organisation and support to a terrorist organisation.

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