GN Saibaba: India frees disabled academic jailed for Maoist links - BBC News

GN Saibaba was arrested for allegedly having links to Maoist rebels waging an insurgency against the state.

7 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage caption, Professor GN Saibaba is a paraplegic who uses a wheelchairA court in India has acquitted a disabled academic and four others serving life sentences for allegedly having links to Maoist rebels.

GN Saibaba, who is paralysed from the waist down, was convicted in 2017 for waging an insurgency against the state.

He has denied all the allegations against him.

A court in Maharashtra state acquitted him in 2022, but India's top court had suspended the order and asked for a re-hearing.

On Tuesday, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court acquitted Mr Saibaba and others and set aside their life sentences.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-68476523

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