Revolutionary Telugu writer and poet Varavara Rao, accused of having Maoist links, was taken into custody on Saturday by Pune police from Hyderabad in a case related to Elgar Parishad. Rao was so far under house arrest in Hyderabad.

Joint Commissioner of Police (Pune) Shivaji Bodakhe said an extension of his house arrest, granted by the Hyderabad High Court, expired on November 15. "We are in the process of bringing him to Pune. He might be produced before court on Sunday," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone I) Suhas Bauche told mid-day.