Mumbai CP posts video of Ranas having tea at police station to counter ill-treatment claim
Mumbai Apr 26 PTI After Amravati MP Navneet Rana wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla claiming she was not given water to drink and also faced casteist slurs at Khar police station after her arrest last Saturday Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey on Tuesday tweeted a video of the parliamentarian and her MLA husband Ravi Rana sipping tea while in police custody The Mumbai police commissioner tweeted a 12-second video from his verified Twitter handle sanjayp1 at 2 pm with the caption Do we say anything more The video clip shows the Rana couple sitting on chairs and sipping tea in front of police officials at Khar police station Bottles of mineral water are also seen on the table in front of them Slapped with sedition charge the Independent MP from Amravati Rana had written to the Lok Sabha speaker claiming that her arrest by Mumbai Police was illegal and alleged inhuman treatment in Khar police station In her letter the MP stated that she was being put up at the police station without due regard to the office held by her and not given drinking water while in police custody Navneet Rana also alleged that she was abused due to her caste She sought action against the Mumbai commissioner of police and other top officers over her arrest The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Monday sought details from the Maharashtra government within 24 hours following the allegations made by Navneet Rana against the police after her arrest I was taken to the Khar Police Station on 23042022 and I spent the night in the police station on 23032022I made several and repeated demands for drinking water throughout the night however no drinking water was provided to me throughout the night Navneet Rana had said in the letter Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana were arrested on Saturday after they gave a call for the chanting of the Hanuman Chalisa outside Chief Minister Uddhav Thackerays private residence Matoshree in Mumbai which had triggered angry protests by Shiv Sainiks The couple later withdrew their call citing Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to Mumbai for an event The video tweeted by the Mumbai police commissioner has been retweeted multiple times and evoked several likes from netizens The lawmaker couple is currently in judicial custody The sessions court in Mumbai has posted their bail application for hearing on April 29 Navneet Rana is lodged at Byculla jail in Mumbai and Ravi Rana at Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai PTI DC NSK NSK
Mumbai Apr 26 PTI After Amravati MP Navneet Rana wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla claiming she was not given water to drink and also faced casteist slurs at Khar police station after her arrest last Saturday Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey on Tuesday tweeted a video of the parliamentarian and her MLA husband Ravi Rana sipping tea while in police custody The Mumbai police commissioner tweeted a 12-second video from his verified Twitter handle sanjayp1 at 2 pm with the caption Do we say anything more The video clip shows the Rana couple sitting on chairs and sipping tea in front of police officials at Khar police station Bottles of mineral water are also seen on the table in front of them Slapped with sedition charge the Independent MP from Amravati Rana had written to the Lok Sabha speaker claiming that her arrest by Mumbai Police was illegal and alleged inhuman treatment in Khar police station In her letter the MP stated that she was being put up at the police station without due regard to the office held by her and not given drinking water while in police custody Navneet Rana also alleged that she was abused due to her caste She sought action against the Mumbai commissioner of police and other top officers over her arrest The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Monday sought details from the Maharashtra government within 24 hours following the allegations made by Navneet Rana against the police after her arrest I was taken to the Khar Police Station on 23042022 and I spent the night in the police station on 23032022I made several and repeated demands for drinking water throughout the night however no drinking water was provided to me throughout the night Navneet Rana had said in the letter Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana were arrested on Saturday after they gave a call for the chanting of the Hanuman Chalisa outside Chief Minister Uddhav Thackerays private residence Matoshree in Mumbai which had triggered angry protests by Shiv Sainiks The couple later withdrew their call citing Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to Mumbai for an event The video tweeted by the Mumbai police commissioner has been retweeted multiple times and evoked several likes from netizens The lawmaker couple is currently in judicial custody The sessions court in Mumbai has posted their bail application for hearing on April 29 Navneet Rana is lodged at Byculla jail in Mumbai and Ravi Rana at Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai PTI DC NSK NSK
