Hyderabad, May 17 -- Bandi Sai Bhageerath, son of the Union minister of state for home affairs, was arrested in Hyderabad on Saturday, a day after the Telangana high court declined to grant him immediate relief from arrest in Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case.

Cyberabad police commissioner Ramesh Reddy, in a statement, said Bhageerath was arrested at Narsingi late in the evening. "Bhageerath would be taken to Pet Basheerabad police station and produced in court later," he added.

Earlier in the day, the Cyberabad police had issued a lookout circular against Bageerath, and police teams conducted searches across the country to trace him. People familiar with the matter said Bhageerath, along with his advocates, surre...