‘IIT Baba’ arrested by Jaipur police for possession of ganja, released later on bail

JAIPUR: Rajasthan police arrested Abhay Singh, also known as IIT Baba, for possession of ganja under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. However, he was released later on bail.

According to SHO Rajendra Godara of Shiprapath police station, the police received information that Baba Abhay Singh was staying at a hotel and may have been contemplating suicide. Upon reaching the location, Singh admitted to consuming ganja and having it in his possession.

“We received information that he (Baba Abhay Singh aka IIT Baba) was staying in a hotel and he might commit suicide. When we reached there, he said ‘I consume ganja, I still have it in my possession, and I might have said something when I was unconscious’.”

#WATCH | Jaipur, Rajasthan | Baba Abhay Singh aka IIT Baba, says, “I have nothing to say about it as of now. It’s my birthday, and I want to be happy today.” https://t.co/dAHkw551ZP pic.twitter.com/HDYp8CT3tk

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“Possession of ganja is a crime under the NDPS Act. So, we arrested him… Due to the small quantity, we have interrogated him and then released him on a bail bond. His followers informed the police that he was going to commit suicide as he had posted something on social media pages”, SHO Godara said. “If needed, he will be called again for the interrogation,” he added.

Speaking to the media, IIT Baba said that it was his birthday and he just wanted to be happy. “I have nothing to say about it as of now. It’s my birthday and I want to be happy today”, he said.

Abhay Singh rose to fame as ‘IIT Baba’ at the recently concluded Maha Kumbh Mela. He claimed that he graduated from IIT Bombay in aerospace engineering.

#WATCH | Prayagraj, UP: #MahaKumbh2025 | Baba Abhay Singh who is from Juna Akhada and was also an IIT student once, says, ” I come from Haryana, I went to IIT, then changed to Arts from Engineering, that also didn’t work so I kept changing and later I arrived at the final truth.… pic.twitter.com/Li6EwgCXbU

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In January, Baba Abhay Singh aka IIT Baba had spoken about his transition to the path of ‘Bhakti’ and said, “I was born in Haryana’s Jhajjar. I did my schooling there then I started preparing for JE, after which I went to IIT Mumbai to study aerospace engineering. Life took different turns, changed my path from engineering to arts and kept changing my paths until I came to the ‘final truth’, that’s how I would like to describe it”.

“I realised that my life took a lot of turns during my time there in aerospace engineering. There was a point where I started searching for a ‘meaning to life’ and finally then I found something which is destiny. If you read the lives of many people, you will find that there is no choice, you dont choose bhakti, there is just a rujhaan, a connection to all this”, said the baba. (ANI)