Saibaba's wife says her husband needs an operation within a month or he could die: She also alleges that police authorities have been indifferent to his health
Professor GN Saibaba's wife G Vasanta fears that the jail term may threaten his life.
"My husband needs to be in hospital, not jail. He is 90 per cent disabled and wheelchair-bound and he also has severe pain due to stones in his gallbladder. Doctors have said that if it is not operated within the next four weeks it will be fatal for him. Even his pancreas can rupture," she said.
A professor in Delhi University, at Ram Lal Anand College, Saibaba was picked up by Maharashtra police in May 2014, for his alleged links with the top leaders of the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation and was lodged in the Nagpur central prison for over two years. He was later granted bail by the Supreme Court.
Recalling those years of horror when her husband was imprisoned in Nagpur Central Jail, Vasanta claimed the police used to turn a blind eye to his health. "He (Saibaba) used to cry in unbearable pain but police never paid attention to his deteriorating health. Now, when things have turned upside down for us, I'm afraid for his health even more. What if he won't be operated on time?"
"Our lawyers had appealed to the court to provide my husband with a bed - as he can't sit on the floor - medicines and an assistant. But nothing has been provided to him as of now. We have also requested the court to allow him to undergo a surgery in the next few weeks," she added.
As to the recent court verdict, Saibaba's wife says she is determined to fight it out. "We will approach the High Court. My husband has been falsely implicated as not even a single piece of evidence has been proved by the prosecution against him. It seems the state and Central governments have put a lot of pressure on the judiciary for this 'inhuman' and 'undemocratic' judgment," she said.
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