G N Saibaba, Former Delhi University Professor, Passes Away

Hyderabad, October 13: G N Saibaba, a former Delhi University professor, passed away at a state-run hospital in Hyderabad on Saturday due to post-operative complications. He was 54.

Saibaba had been undergoing treatment for a gall bladder infection and was operated on two weeks ago. However, he developed complications subsequently and breathed his last around 9 pm on Saturday.

Acquitted in Maoist Links Case

In March this year, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court acquitted Saibaba and five others in an alleged Maoist links case, noting that the prosecution had failed to prove the case against him. The court also set aside his life sentence.

Following his acquittal, the wheelchair-bound Saibaba walked out of the Nagpur Central Jail after 10 years.

Allegations of Mistreatment in Jail

Saibaba had alleged in August this year that he was not taken to a hospital for nine months by authorities despite the left side of his body getting paralysed. He claimed he was just given painkillers in the Nagpur Central Jail, where he was lodged since his arrest in the case in 2014.

The former English professor also claimed he was “kidnapped” and arrested by the police in order to silence his voice.

Native of Andhra Pradesh

A native of Andhra Pradesh, Saibaba had said that he was warned by the authorities that if he did not stop “talking” he would be arrested in some false case. He had alleged that he was “kidnapped” from Delhi and arrested by Maharashtra Police.

Senior officers of Maharashtra Police along with an investigating officer had gone to his house and threatened him and his family, he had claimed.

Dragged Out of Wheelchair During Arrest

Saibaba had alleged that Maharashtra Police dragged him out of his wheelchair during the course of arrest and as a result, he suffered a serious injury in his hand which also impacted his nervous system.