Courtesy photosClockwise from L-R: John Dayal (middle) poses with Father Stan poster on his first death anniversary July 5, 2022 in New Delhi. CBCI president Archbishop Thazhath with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 21, 2022. Archbishop Thazhath (now CBCI president) prays before the urn carrying ashes of Father Stan at the Lourdes Cathedral of Thrissur Archdiocese on July 19, 2021.
The 84-year-old Jesuit priest died in 2021 in a Mumbai jail where he was awaiting trial on terrorism charges triggered by files that were planted by hackers on his computer, according to a digital forensic analysis of the computer.