NEW DELHI, March 9 (Xinhua) -- A local court in western Indian state of Maharashtra has sentenced to life a wheelchair-bound academic and four others for having links with Naxals.
The disabled English professor of Delhi University Professor G N Saibaba, a paraplegic patient, was arrested in May 2014, but later released on bail on orders of India's Supreme Court last year on grounds of failing health.
"All the five were sentenced for life under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for hatching criminal conspiracy and waging war against the nation," an official said.
"The judge on Tuesday described the physically handicapped professor as mentally fit and think tank of banned political organisation."
The family of the academic said they were planning to file an appeal against the verdict.
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