Former delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba died on saturday, october 12 evening at Hyderabad's Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) due to post-operative complications. He was 57 years old. Saibaba was admitted to the hospital 10 days ago after his health deteriorated and at 8 pm on saturday he suffered a heart attack, after which he was declared dead at 8:30 pm.

Allegations of Naxalite links and legal battle

Saibaba was arrested by the maharashtra Police in 2014 under UAPA on charges of Naxalite connection but was acquitted by the nagpur High court in march 2024. The court dismissed the charges against him and ruled that the prosecution failed to prove the case. Earlier, in march 2017, a sessions court in maharashtra convicted him and five others for being associated with Naxalites. He and his associates were convicted of conspiring against the country, after which they were sentenced to life imprisonment.

In march this year, GN Saibaba was acquitted of the charges of UAPA law. He came out of jail after serving a sentence of about ten years. After being acquitted, while giving a speech at Harkishan Singh Surjit Bhawan in delhi, he said, "I am unable to understand anything because I still feel that I am in my 'Anda' cell. I am not able to recover from reality even after being released. I am not able to adjust to my surroundings." The pain of days spent in jail

Regarding the pain of not being able to meet his mother in her last days, he had said, "Being a disabled child, my mother used to carry me to school in her lap so that her child could get education. I could not even meet her before her last moments. My parole was rejected. After her death, I was also denied parole to attend her funeral."

Recalling his days in jail, he had said, "No one could reach my cell, there was no separate toilet in it. There was a small hole but the wheelchair could not reach it. Then two boys used to take me to the toilet to take a bath. I could not even take a glass of water by myself. The wheelchair could not move in the jail cell. How many years can one live such a life?"