After a wait of four months, the family of Varavara Rao finally got to meet him at Nanavati Hospital. Rao's wife and elder daughter met him on Friday and Saturday. While he is being treated for a urinary tract infection, his family said that he has contracted a fungal infection on his feet and knees. However, the family is unaware of the tests that have been conducted and the reports of the same as the hospital authorities told them that reports have to be submitted to the court.

Following the directions of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, Telugu poet and activist Varavara Rao was moved from Taloja Jail to the Nanavati Hospital on Thursday. The Bombay High Court had directed the jail authorities to shift the 80-year-old inmate for a period of 15 days, adding that the court must be informed before he is discharged.