Admit suspended DU professor to hospital of his choice: HCThe 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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