Writer and social scientist Kancha Ilaiah was allegedly attacked with slippers and stones on Saturday, as he was heading towards Hyderabad, after attending a function in Bhupalpally in Telangana.

Kancha filed a police complaint accusing four people of attacking his vehicle and trying to kill him.

Arya Vysya organisations have been holding protests in parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and burning the writer's effigies, seeking a ban on his book 'Komatollu Samajika Smagglarlu' (Komatollu are social smugglers).

Speaking to PTI, a police official said around 200 members of the Arya Vysya community held a demonstration after they spotted Kancha's vehicle, following which the writer's driver diverted the car to Parkal Town police station.