Hyderabad: The activists, writer and poet Varavara Rao (81) was admitted J.J Hospital in Mumbai on Thursday after deteriorated of his health. He was arrested in connection with the 2018 Elgar Parishat case and was imprisoned in Mumbai.

According to the Varavara Rao’s family sources in Hyderabad, they said that Chikkadpally police informed them of the news at around 8 pm on Friday. However the police officials were not aware of why he was taken to the hospital. The family members alleged that the jail authorities were hiding facts about Rao’s health and stage a protest inside their house on Friday afternoon.