Independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana On Sunday, a holiday court in Mumbai’s Bandra sent him to 14-day judicial custody till May 6.
The court refused to hear his bail urgently. His petition will now be heard on April 29.
Ms. Rana, MP from Amravati and Mr. Rana, an independent MLA from Badnera (one of the eight assembly seats in Amravati district) were on Saturday booked by the Mumbai Police for “promoting enmity between different groups and doing acts prejudicial to their maintenance”. was arrested. Coordination”.
Mr. Ravi Rana will be sent to Arthur Road Jail, while Ms. Rana will be lodged in Byculla Jail till the hearing of her bail plea.
Section 153A was accompanied by Section 35, 37, 135 of the Bombay Police Act Couple slapped in FIR A high-voltage drama played out throughout Saturday after the Ranas’ provocation to play Hanuman Chalisa in front of Mr Thackeray’s private residence ‘Matoshree’ was registered by the Khar police, who arrested him.
While Rana, who eventually called off his venture to face Shiv Sena’s aggression, said he was withdrawing his plans ahead of PM Modi’s visit to Mumbai on Sunday, the Mumbai Police decided to take him into custody till Saturday evening. acted promptly. ,
The ruling tripartite ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi’ (MVA) government of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress has condemned the actions of both, accusing them of deliberately increasing tension in the state.
Whereas Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil, in a small screen laughter In the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), suggesting a bigger hand was behind the Ranas’ motivations, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said that despite repeated attempts by the Mumbai Police to convince them, they stuck to their protest. .
In Nashik, Mr Pawar said, “At a time when the MVA cabinet is trying its best to maintain law and order in Maharashtra, no individual or parties should unnecessarily try to create new problems.”
Given that both were elected representatives, they should have acted responsibly and heeded the warnings of the police.
“No one is stopping them from reciting Hanuman Chalisa at their home or temple. But despite knowing the intense feelings of Shiv Sainiks for Matoshree Niwas and the departed [Sena founder] Bal Thackeray, why did he have to come to Mumbai from Amravati to make these provocative statements,” the deputy chief minister said.
Hundreds of Shiv Sena workers barged into the society in Mumbai’s Khar, where the couple was staying, after Shiv Sena leaders warned the MP and MLA of “retaliation” for trying to approach ‘Matoshree’.
Following his arrest, the Ranas had also filed complaints against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut and Shiv Sena minister Anil Parab, holding them responsible for any damage caused to them.