Ex-DU Prof Saibaba’s body to be donated to hospital

PTI Hyderabad: Former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba died at a state-run hospital here due to postoperative complications, seven months after he was acquitted in an alleged Maoist links case. He was 54. The body of former Delhi University professor and rights activist GN Saibaba who passed away in Hyderabad, will be donated to a hospital as he wished, said a statement issued by his family on Sunday. Saibaba, 58, was released from the Nagpur Central Jail after 10 years of incarceration after the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court set aside the life sentence given to him by a trial court, in an alleged Maoist links case in which the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) was invoked. Saibaba’s body will be kept at his brother’s house in Jawahar Nagar, Hyderabad, for his relatives, friends and well-wishers to pay homage, on Monday. Afterwards, his body will be donated to state-run Gandhi Medical College.

His eyes have already been donated to LV Prasad Eye Hospital, the family said in a statement. The former professor who taught English at Ram Lal Anand College of Delhi University (DU) passed away on Saturday due to post-operative complications, seven months after he was acquitted. Saibaba was suffering from gall bladder infection and was operated on two weeks ago in Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), but developed complications subsequently. His daughter Manjeera told PTI Videos that he had COVID twice, his health was in abysmal condition while he was in jail and he recovered every time.