She also requested the CJI to order immediate release of him on humanitarian grounds depending on his age, health & stature as a public intellectual.
Hyderabad: The wife of Varavara Rao (VVR), Pendyala Hemalatha, in an open letter, urged the Chief Justice of India to look into the mala fide intentions and the manner in which the case was made out against her husband.
She also requested the CJI to order immediate release of him on humanitarian grounds depending on his age, health and stature as a public intellectual. Mr Rao, 70, is currently undergoing imprisonment in Yerawada Central Prison in Pune on charges of ‘conspiracy against the head of the state of India.’
The letter was endorsed by about hundreds of intellectuals including poets, writers, artists, professors, social activists, journalists and editors of the various newspapers.
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