Admit suspended DU professor to hospital of his choice: HC
The Bombay High Court today directed Nagpur prison authorities to
admit suspended Delhi University professor G N Saibaba, arrested for
alleged Maoist links, to a hospital of his choice for treatment.
Saibaba, who suffers from neurological ailments, is wheelchair-bound.
The division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice A K Menon
have taken suo motu (on its own) cognisance of a letter written by the
activist Purnima Upadhyay highlighting the deteriorating health of
Saibaba in Nagpur jail where he is lodged since his arrest last year.
On the court’s directions, he was last week taken to private Neuron
hospital in Nagpur for treatment. Saibaba’s lawyer Vijay Hiremath today
said he was taken to Neuron hospital only for a check-up, and the
doctors there said the hospital was not equipped to treat him. Hiremath
said that while the court had directed that only two policemen should
escort Saibaba during the visit and allow his family members to meet
him, there were around 10 police officials with him and family members
were not allowed to meet him.
Irked, the high court directed the jail authorities to permit Saibaba
to meet his family today. It said Saibaba and his relatives can discuss
and decide which private hospital he wants to be admitted to. The jail
authorities shall then shift Saibaba to the hospital of his choice where
he shall receive treatment.
In a major catch, the Bihar Police arrested a Maoist carrying Rs five
lakh reward and his accomplice from a village in Jehanabad district,
around 70 kms south of the state capital, a police officer today said.
Jehanabad Superintendent of Police (SP) Aditya Kumar said the operative
was arrested from Pariyawan village under Ghoshi police station limits
during the early hours. His accomplice has been identified as Surendra
Manjhi. No firearms were recovered from them, though some Maoist
literature has been seized.
Rajak, was the CPI(Maoist) in-charge of Magadh zone. It includes
Naxal-infested districts of Bihar like Gaya, Aurangabad, Jehanabad,
Arwal, Nalanda, parts of Patna and Nawada. Some parts of Jharkhand also
come under the zone. “Rajak was known among the Maoists by three aliases
– Tyagiji, Shivji and Baba. He carries a Rs five lakh reward on his
head. We received intelligence inputs last night that he and his
accomplice had come to the village for a meeting. Accordingly, we
constituted teams and surrounded it. Both were arrested after a few
hours of operation,” Kumar said. The SSP added Rajak, a native of
Patharia village under Rafiganj police station in Aurangabad district,
was wanted in several cases of violence and extortion in Bihar and
Jharkhand.
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