HYDERABAD/PUNE: Police had arrested Varavara Rao and four other activists on August 28 for their alleged links with the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit.After the apex court judgment on September 28, ruling out transfer of the probe to an SIT and allowing the Pune police to continue with their probe, Rao had moved the Hyderabad high court for relief.Around 7.30pm on Saturday, a Pune police team, led by assistant commissioner of police Shivaji Patil and supported by the Hyderabad police, came to Varavara’s residence and took him away from his apartment at around 8.30pm. After the Pune police reached the writer’s house, the gate of the apartment was closed and no one was allowed inside. A large number of policemen, including women, were posted.After Varavara was taken away, his daughter, Pavana, said her father registered his written protest with the police as they allegedly did not produce any document. “Varavara Rao has marked his protest in writing saying since he was not given any legal document. We condemn the way my father was taken away by misguiding us,’’ Rao’s daughter told reporters.Pune’s DCP Suhas Bawache, who is supervising the probe, said, “We visited the Hyderabad high court on Saturday and confirmed the orders passed by the court in all his petitions. We have taken a letter from the government pleader that he can be arrested. We have taken him into custody from his residence and conducted his medical check-up after following all legal procedure. We have informed his family members and lawyers about his arrest. He will be produced before a special court in Pune for custodial remand on Sunday.”Earlier, after the writer was taken into custody amid slogans by his followers, who were inside his flat, the police brought him till the ground floor in the apartment lift. From there, he was made to walk to the cellar.(With inputs from Aseem Shaikh)

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