Maoist ideologue writer Varavara Rao arrested

Maoist ideologue writer Varavara Rao arrested

PUNE: After the house arrest of Hyderabad-based writer Varavara Rao got over and he failed to get further relief from the court, the Pune city police arrested him on Saturday. He is being brought to Pune.

He has been arrested in the Elgar Parishad case for his alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A few days ago, the police had submitted charge sheet against five persons arrested in June.

The police had allegedly recovered a letter mentioning a plan to assassinate Modi from the house of one of the five persons arrested in connection with the Elgar Parishad case.

The letter written by a person identified only as ‘R’ reportedly mentions a plot to kill the prime minister on the lines of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

It also referred to requirement of Rs 8 crore to purchase a M-4 rifle and four lakh rounds to execute the plot. The letter reportedly mentions Varvara Rao’s name.

Varvara Rao, who heads ‘Veerasam’, an association of revolutionary writers, had strongly denied the allegations. He had said that all five arrested in the case were working for the betterment of the downtrodden.

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