Mumbai: Octogenarian Telugu poet P Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, has been shifted from Taloja jail in Raigad district to Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital following a directive by the Bombay High Court.
The High Court on Wednesday directed the authorities to shift 80-year-old poet from jail to Nanavati Hospital for 15 days, noting that Rao was almost on his deathbed.
Arguing on his behalf, senior lawyer Indira Jaising said Varavara Rao had sustained head injuries at the JJ Hospital, where he was admitted earlier when he tested positive for Coronavirus.
“He (Varavara Rao) is completely bed-ridden, and has no medical attendant. He is in diapers and has a catheter. The catheter was not changed for three months, as there was no one to change it,” Jaisingh said.