Delhi University professor G Saibaba on Tuesday was given life term punishment under the Unlawful Prevention of Atrocities Act (UAPA) by a court at Gadchiroli for allegedly having links with Maoists.
Jawaharlal University (JNU) student Hem Mishra, former journalist Prashant Joshi Rahi and three others were also convicted under Sections 13, 18, 20, 38 and 39 of the UAPA.
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The English professor in Delhi’s Ram Lal Anand College was arrested from his residence in 2013 for having links with Maoists. He was arrested after JNU student Hem, who was already in police custody, claimed that the professor had links with the Maoists from Abujmad forests of Chhattisgarh.
