Hyderabad: Tension prevailed at Telangana Martyrs&rsquo; Memorial Gun Park in front of the Assembly building on Monday, as the police did not allow the body of Delhi University professor and human rights activist GN Saibaba, to be kept there.
Saibaba&rsquo;s family members, civil rights activists and leaders of the Left parties wanted to keep his body at the memorial for some time to enable people to pay their last respects.
Police officials told them that there was no permission for the same. When Saibaba&rsquo;s friends requested that the ambulance carrying the mortal remains be allowed to be parked near the memorial for at least 15 minutes, the police refused the permission.
There was a heated argument between the activists and the police officers, leading to tension. The rights activists and civil society members expressed anguish over the denial of permission. They raised slogans of &lsquo;Saibaba amar rahe&rsquo;, &lsquo;Lal salam&rsquo;, and &lsquo;Inquilab Zindabad&rsquo;.
Later, Saibaba&rsquo;s body was shifted to his residence in Moula Ali and kept there for people to pay their respects.
The former professor&rsquo;s body will be handed over to Gandhi Medical College by the family members in the evening. The family has decided to donate the body to the medical college, as per his wishes.
The 57-year-old died following post-operative complications after undergoing surgery for gallbladder stones. The wheelchair-bound Saibaba had been undergoing treatment at Nizam&rsquo;s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), where he was admitted 10 days ago due to ill health.
Saibaba, a former professor of English, was acquitted by the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on March 5, nearly 10 years after he was first arrested in an alleged Maoist link case.
He was arrested along with some others on May 09, 2014, by Gadchiroli Police in Maharashtra on allegations that they were members of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) and its frontal organization Revolutionary Democratic Front.
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&mdash;IANS
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Activists chant slogans after police denied permission

Police denies permission; activists express anguish and chant slogans in protest

Saibaba’s body not allowed to be kept at Telangana Martyrs’ Memorial

Police denies permission; activists express anguish and chant slogans in protest

October 14, 2024 | 14:58 IST