MP Navneet Rana was not ill-treated by police, says Maharashtra residence minister 

By PTI

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil on Tuesday denied Independent MP Navneet Rana’s accusation that she was ill-treated in police custody after her and her husband’s arrest on Saturday.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has sought details about the accusations and it will likely be offered, he added.

In a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker, Navneet Rana alleged that she was ill-treated on account of her caste and never given even water on the Khar police station.

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After police earlier within the day launched a video exhibiting her consuming tea on the police station, her lawyer stated the incident came about at Santacruz police station and never at Khar station.

“I personally sought information about the accusations of Lok Sabha member Navneet Rana that she was ill-treated by police officials because she belongs to a lower caste,” Walse-Patil informed reporters.

“I did not find any evidence backing her allegations. It is a fact that no such incident has taken place in the police station,” the minister added.

Action was taken towards the Rana couple “within the legal frame”, he stated, including that he wouldn’t remark additional as Nanveet Rana has approached Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over the difficulty.

“He (speaker) has sought information from us and we will send it,” Walse-Patil added.

On the grant of permission for Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray’s rally in Aurangabad on May 1, the house minister stated choice will probably be taken within the subsequent couple of days.

“The decision on whether to grant permission will be taken by the local police commissioner and not the state government,” he added.

Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana had been arrested on Saturday after they introduced that they might recite the Hanuman Chalisa outdoors Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray’s non-public residence ‘Matoshree’ in Mumbai.

The announcement triggered indignant response by Sena employees.

The couple later backed out, citing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to Mumbai the following day.

The lawmaker couple, now booked for sedition apart from different fees, is at the moment in judicial custody.