Varavara Rao released on medical bail in Mumbai
BySwati DeshpandeSwati Deshpande / Updated: Mar 7, 2021, 16:51 IST
(This story was first published in Times of India on March 7, 2021)
MUMBAI: Almost two weeks after the Bombay high court granted him temporary bail for six months on health grounds, P V
Varavara Rao, 82, was discharged from
Nanavati super-speciality hospital late Saturday night.
Rao is an accused in the
2018 Elgar Parishad case of Pune. He is accused of being a senior Maoist leader and under serious sections of the anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) which is the prosecuting agency had opposed his bail plea.