TRS Chief’s Fast-unto death broken, angers followers

Khammam (AP), November 30: The fast-unto-death undertaken by TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao for creation of a separate Telangana state was broken today as he was administered saline at a government hospital here, police said.

A team of doctors, sent by Andhra Pradesh government from Hyderabad, examined Rao after which he was taken to the hospital.

Rao was administered saline and he also had fruit juice, Khammam ASP Parimala Nutan said, adding that the TRS president has also reportedly said that he has ended his fast.

There is no cause for concern about his health, he said.

The former union minister was arrested yesterday at Karimnagar ahead of his proposed fast-unto-death at Siddipet in Medak district demanding separate Telangana.

He was produced before a magistrate at Khammam who remanded him to 14-day judicial custody. He is lodged in the sub-jail in the town.

In the meantime after the breaking of the fast by KCR, it was found that TRS followers and the students of the various universities dnounced his act.

–Agencies