MP Navneet Rana lodged in Mumbais Byculla jail her MLA husband shifted to Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai
Mumbai Apr 25 PTI The Mumbai Police have shifted independent MP Navneet Rana to the Byculla womens jail here while her MLA husband Ravi Rana was taken to Taloja jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai amid tight security an official said on Monday The couple was arrested on Saturday after they gave a call for the chanting of Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackerays private residence Matoshree in Mumbai which had triggered angry protests by Shiv Sainiks The Mumbai Police later slapped the sedition charge on the politician couple On Sunday a Mumbai court remanded the Rana couple in 14-day judicial custody Subsequently Navneet Rana the MP from Amravati in Maharashtra was late Sunday night taken to the Byculla womens jail Her husband Ravi Rana the MLA from Badnera in Amravati was first taken to the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai but due to lack of adequate space there he was taken to the Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai after completion of the legal formalities the official said Earlier a case was registered against Ranas under Sections 153A promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion race place of birth residence language etc and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony and 34 common intention of the Indian Penal Code and sections 371 and 135 of the Bombay Police Act Later the police also added IPC Section 124-A sedition in the case against them Under IPC Section 124-A the offence of sedition is committed when any person by words or otherwise brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the government established by law The police had also registered another FIR against Ranas for allegedly obstructing police from performing their duty and resisting arrest at their residence in suburban Khar the official said Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil had on Sunday termed appropriate the arrest of the Rana couple The police had also arrested 13 Shiv Sena workers on Sunday for allegedly protesting outside the Khar residence of Ranas on Saturday The party workers were later released on bail police earlier said PTI ZA GK GK
Mumbai Apr 25 PTI The Mumbai Police have shifted independent MP Navneet Rana to the Byculla womens jail here while her MLA husband Ravi Rana was taken to Taloja jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai amid tight security an official said on Monday The couple was arrested on Saturday after they gave a call for the chanting of Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackerays private residence Matoshree in Mumbai which had triggered angry protests by Shiv Sainiks The Mumbai Police later slapped the sedition charge on the politician couple On Sunday a Mumbai court remanded the Rana couple in 14-day judicial custody Subsequently Navneet Rana the MP from Amravati in Maharashtra was late Sunday night taken to the Byculla womens jail Her husband Ravi Rana the MLA from Badnera in Amravati was first taken to the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai but due to lack of adequate space there he was taken to the Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai after completion of the legal formalities the official said Earlier a case was registered against Ranas under Sections 153A promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion race place of birth residence language etc and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony and 34 common intention of the Indian Penal Code and sections 371 and 135 of the Bombay Police Act Later the police also added IPC Section 124-A sedition in the case against them Under IPC Section 124-A the offence of sedition is committed when any person by words or otherwise brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the government established by law The police had also registered another FIR against Ranas for allegedly obstructing police from performing their duty and resisting arrest at their residence in suburban Khar the official said Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil had on Sunday termed appropriate the arrest of the Rana couple The police had also arrested 13 Shiv Sena workers on Sunday for allegedly protesting outside the Khar residence of Ranas on Saturday The party workers were later released on bail police earlier said PTI ZA GK GK
