: The Supreme Court has understood his pain and he should not be harassed anymore, said G. Vasantha, wife of Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba, who was granted bail by the Apex court on Monday in connection with his alleged links to Maoists.
“The Supreme Court in its order has said that the government should stop harassing him. The apex body has understood his pain and sufferings, now people should also stop harassing him,” Ms. Vasantha said after her husband’s release.
“The case against him was a witch-hunt. The bail granted to him has restored our faith in the judiciary,” she added.
Academicians from Delhi University, JNU, and several activists including Arundhati Roy welcomed the move.
Members of the Committee for the Defence and Release of prof. Saibaba, said in a statement: “This is a much-needed and long awaited relief for Mr. Saibaba who has been languishing in a cell of the Nagpur Central Jail... If the stance taken by the State in the court today is any indication, the intimidation tactics adopted by the State against those who are relentlessly engaged in the struggle for the oppressed and the downtrodden is far from over,” it added.
JNU students Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid, who are out on bail in a sedition case over an event on campus against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised, welcomed the move as “good news”.
The Supreme Court in its order has said that the government should stop harassing him… the case against him was a witch-hunt
G. Vasantha,Wife of Professor G.N. Saibaba