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Elgar Parishad Case: Court Nixes Varavara Rao Plea For Dental Treatment In Hyderabad, Says He Can Do It In Mumbai
Varavara Rao was arrested on August 28, 2018, from his Hyderabad residence and is an under-trial in the case.
Mumbai: A special NIA court here on Thursday refused permission to activist Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, for traveling to Hyderabad and staying there for two months for dental treatment, saying it can be arranged in Mumbai.
Special judge Chakor Baviskar, while rejecting his plea, mentioned that if the accused has financial issues, as contended by his lawyer, there are various dental hospitals run by the Mumbai civic body, trusts and other charity institutions that provide almost free and good treatmen