The truth will come out one day: wife of former DU teacher GN Saibaba

Speaking to The Indian Express, she said, “I believe he and others will be acquitted on merit. This was an expected move by the SC, but they should’ve not delayed it.”

The Supreme Court had on October 15 last year suspended the Bombay High Court order, which discharged Saibaba and the others in the case. The Bombay High Court had declared the trial proceedings in a Gadchiroli court “null and void”, Citing absence of valid sanction under UAPA.

Vasantha expressed concern about Saibaba’s deteriorating health and said, “I met my husband last December and have not spoken to him since. Even after Bombay HC discharged him, there has been a delay of six months and his health has drastically deteriorated. He is a wheelchair user and is slowly losing control of both his hands. He needs two people in the cell to take care of him 24/7…that’s how precarious his condition is.”

She also said she was concerned about how the rising temperatures are going to be harsh on her ailing husband. “He is a cardiac patient, too. He has to undergo regular physiotherapy but no treatment is being given to him. They take him to the hospital when it gets worse but they don’t monitor his health regularly. Normal prisoners find the experience of prison so difficult, imagine the condition of a disabled person,” she said.

“As soon as my husband comes home, I will admit him to a hospital…we still do not have full access to his health reports from the prison. He needs regular physiotherapy, he has heart and rheumatic problems and has to be admitted to Delhi AIIMS,” she added.

Vasantha stated that though they had been fighting for justice since 2014, she believes in the country’s judiciary. “There is no crime committed or evidence to prove that my husband is a criminal…We won’t give up, the truth will come out one day and they will be acquitted,” Vasantha said.