Hyderabad, July 12 -- The family of 77-year old political activist, poet, and writer Vara Vara Rao released an open statement on his deteriorating health condition and the urgent need for medical attention to him.

Rao is currently under trial in NIA's investigation of Elgar Parishad- Koregoan Bhima case at Navi Mumbai's Taloja jail.

The statement came after a routine phone call with the poet-activist on July 11, which said his tone was delirious on the call about incidents that took place decades ago. "As an eloquent and articulate public speaker and writer in Telugu for over five decades, a Telugu teacher for four decades and known for his meticulous memory, this fumbling, incoherence and loss of memory were in themselves strange and f...