Former Delhi University professor Saibaba seeks parole, Bombay High Court issues notice to Maharashtra govt

FORMER Delhi University professor G N Saibaba on Thursday moved the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court to seek ’emergency parole’ on the ground of his mother’s death.

The HC has issued a notice to the state government on his application, returnable by August 18.

Saibaba, convicted by a Gadchiroli court in 2017 for “Naxal links and indulging in activities amounting to waging a war against the country”, is serving life term in Nagpur’s Central Prison.

His 74-year old mother had died of cancer in Hyderabad on August 1. He had applied for death parole from the jail authorities last week to attend the post-funeral rites, but it was denied, with authorities saying, “it can’t be granted as he is a different kind of prisoner”.