Saibaba has been charged with taking part in an unlawful activity, conspiring or attempting to commit a terrorist act and supporting a terrorist organisation. He has also been accused of giving a computer chip to Hem Mishra, a JNU student, to deliver to Comrade Narmada of the CPI (Maoist), who was also arrested. Dr Saibaba is the joint secretary of the Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF), an organisation that is banned in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. Authorities suspect it is a front for People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) raised by the CPI (Maoist).