Following denial of permission by the High Court for such a meeting, the Hyderabad City Police on Sunday foiled the attempt at organising a meeting in connection with the 10th anniversary of the banned Maoists organisation.
More than 50 persons including revolutionary write Varavara Rao were arrested by the police when they tried to organise a meeting titled "Pratnyamana Rajkiya Vedika" at Sundarayya Vignana Kendram at Baghlingampally.
Central Zone DCP V B Kamalasena Reddy said that the organisers were arrested for trying to conduct the meeting without police permission.
Meanwhile, Civil Liberties Committee leader Prof G Laxman condemned the arrests and accused the Telangana government of creating an emergency-like situation.
Varavara Rao's wife P Hemalatha also condemned the police action.
"This never happened in the past. We were not expecting this under the TRS rule in the new state of Telangana," she said. (INN)