Activist Varavara Rao taken in custody as house arrest ends
Activist Varavara Rao was on Saturday arrested from his house in Hyderabad in a case related to the Bhima-Koregaon violence and alleged Maoist links. This comes after the three-week extension of his house arrest granted by Hyderabad HC came to an end. The 78-year-old has reportedly been arrested in at least 18 cases and has spent six years in prison. 