Mumbai: Court rejects Varavara Rao’s plea to stay in Hyderabad for treatment

Rao’s plea had said that he has been advised cataract surgery. The court was told that if he undergoes surgery in Hyderabad, it will be free of cost, as a pensioner of the state government of Telangana where he was a professor in a college. The court was further told that Rao’s daughter is an opthalmologist and granddaughter a doctor, so in Hyderabad, he will get the benefit of post-surgery medical care. A surgery in Mumbai may cost him between Rs 60,000-Rs 2 lakh, including cost of hospitalisation and medical expenses, the court was told.

Meanwhile, Rao’s co-accused Vernon Gonsalves, who was admitted earlier this month to state-run J J hospital after being infected with dengue, was discharged from hospital and sent back to Taloja jail.