10 TISS college students booked forget-together in remembrance of Professor G.N. Saibaba

The Mumbai Police booked 10 college students of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) for organising a get-together on the event of first loss of life anniversary of late Prof. G.N. Saibaba, mentioned police on Tuesday.

On Tuesday (October 14, 2025), two college students had been allegedly detained and interrogated in regards to the occasion, claimed the scholars of TISS. The Mumbai Police at Trombay police station didn’t reply to the queries despatched by The Hindu. A number of college students additionally claimed they’re unable to return to campus as police have been calling them to the police station. 

The second-year scholar from TISS, who was current on the get-together, on the situation of anonymity, mentioned, “It was a spontaneous determination; hardly 8 to 10 college students joined. At a chai tapri, all of us had been speaking about G.N. Saibaba’s contributions and determined to only recite a number of of his poems and lightweight candles. There was no occasion, no sloganeering in assist of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam. This is completely a hearsay.” Further, he added, “We had been collectively for merely 10 minutes; even the guards had been standing there.” Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam had been arrested within the 2020 Delhi riots case. 

Another scholar from TISS, who additionally attended the occasion, mentioned, “No speeches had been made. We had been nearly to disperse when the right-wing college students related to the Democratic Secular Students Forum got here and began clicking pictures, posting on social media, tagging CMO, Mumbai police. After that, inside a couple of minutes, the police arrived and registered a FIR the subsequent day.” 

On October 13, Dr. Vaishali Bhanudas Kolhe, Associate Dean, TISS, filed a grievance towards a bunch of scholars for organising an unauthorised gathering, with out prior permission, on the TISS campus to pay tribute to G.N. Saibaba, as per the police. 

Mr. Saibaba was arrested for having alleged Maoist hyperlinks and acquitted of all costs in 2024. The DU professor, who suffered from over 90% incapacity, died on October 12, months after his launch. 

The police booked college students underneath sections 189, 190 (2), 192, 196, 197, 223 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and 37(1)(a)37(3) 135 underneath the Maharashtra Police Act 1951. The sections associated to inflicting prejudice to the nation, enmity between teams, illegal meeting, and others. 

TISS administration claimed that that they had no concept in regards to the get-together and weren’t positive in regards to the sloganeering. “We obtained to know the scholars had been reciting a number of poems. However, the Student Discipline Committee is permitting college students to current their facet of the story. However, for now, all the things is peaceable on the campus. No one can come in the midst of Law and order,” mentioned TISS Registrar Narendra Mishra confirming that the FIR was filed by TISS.