Hany Babu permitted to travel to Kerala to meet mother, court allows law enforcement agencies to monitor his whereabouts

15/02/2026

The Indian Express / by Sadaf Modak

A special court has permitted Delhi University professor and Elgaar Parishad accused Hany Babu to travel to Kerala on humanitarian grounds, while allowing the NIA to monitor his whereabouts.
Noting that meeting his 80-year-old mother after nearly six years in jail is a ‘just consideration’, a special court permitted Hany Babu, an associate professor at Delhi University and accused in the Elgaar Parishad case, to travel to Kerala.
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NIA court allows Hany Babu to visit elderly mother in Kerala

15/02/2026

Hindustan Times / by Vikrant Jha

The court however said that he would have to return before the first Monday of March to mark his attendance at the Mumbai NIA office
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court has allowed former Delhi University professor and civil rights activist Hany Babu to travel to his house in Kerala to meet his 80-year-old mother. The court however said that he would have to return before the first Monday of March to mark his attendance at the Mumbai NIA office.
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by Sukanya Shantha (Feb 14, 2026):

The state may have kept Prof. Hany Babu behind bars for nearly 6 years and his bail conditions now confine him to Mumbai.
Yet his students’ love for their beloved teacher remain as strong as ever. Today, a rose was quietly left outside his office at DU.
Happy Valentine’s Day 🙂

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Also read:
▪ Me Coming Out Alive Is A Miracle: Hany Babu, Bhima-Koregaon Accused, On Life Behind Bars (Outlook / Jan 2026)
▪ After five years behind bars, Bombay High Court grants bail to Prof. Hany Babu (CJP / Dec 2025)
▪ Bhima Koregaon accused asked to share phone location while on bail. Is this constitutional? (Scroll.in / Jul 2023)