Varavara Rao paying homage to Maoist leader M. Koteswar Rao in Kolkata in 2011. Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury

Varavara Rao admiring Maoist leader M. Koteswar Rao in Kolkata in2011 Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury.|Image Credit: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury

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The 81- year-old poet began feeling giddiness and his general condition is fair and vitals are stable.

Poet Varavara Rao,81, has been confessed in the neuroogy department of the JJ Medical facility after he began feeling giddiness and is going through some tests.

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Superintendent of JJ Sanjay Surase informed The Hindu, “Client Pendayala Varavara Rao, 81 yr/Male is admitted under (neurology). Case of giddiness and is under evaluation and investigations. His general condition is reasonable and vitals are steady.”

Mr. Rao, who is in prison in connection with Bhima-Koregaon violence, was admitted to the State-run healthcare facility on July 13 morning for some tests from Taloja Central Jail.

Sunil Ramanand, Additional Dir