Rane gets arrested over would have slapped Thackeray remark gets bail late at night
Mumbai Aug 24 PTI Hours after he was arrested over his controversial remarks against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray which triggered a political row and protests across Maharashtra Union minister Narayan Rane was granted bail by a court at Mahad on late Tuesday nightThe magistrates court denied the polices request for his custody but asked Rane to attend the Mahad police station on two daysThe BJP leader had said during the Jan Ashirwad Yatra of his party on Monday that he would have slapped Thackeray over the latters ignorance of the year of Indias independenceSatyamev Jayate truth always prevails Rane tweeted after getting bail and on his way back to MumbaiAfter his arrest on Tuesday afternoon Rane was taken to Mahad in Raigad district 165 km from Mumbai where an FIR was registered against him over the remark Cases were registered against him at Nashik and Pune too as the remark set off angry protests by workers of the ruling Shiv SenaRane was taken into custody at Golwali the ancestral village of former RSS chief Sadashivrao Golwalkar Guruji in Ratnagiri district He was then handed over to Raigad police around 245 pm in connection with the FIR registered at MahadThe case at Mahad was registered under IPC sections 189 threat of injury to public servant 504 intentional insult to provoke breach of public peace and 505 statements conducive to public mischiefAt the Mahad court Government pleader Bhushan Salvi sought seven-day police custody for the BJP leader It was important to investigate if there was a conspiracy to tarnish the reputation of the chief minister he saidOpposing the application Ranes lawyers Aniket Nikam and Bhau Salunkhe argued that his health condition was serious as he was 69 years old and suffered from sugar and blood pressure issuesNikam further argued that the offenses under IPC for which Rane was arrested were all punishable with less than seven years and hence his custody was unnecessaryNikam also argued that Ranes arrest was illegal as no summons was issued to him under Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure before his arrestCourt after hearing both the sides denied the police the Union ministers custodyIt instead remanded him in judicial custody and then on the plea moved by his lawyers granted Rane bail on a surety of Rs 15000The arrest had followed Ranes statement targeting Thackeray in Raigad district on MondayIt is shameful that the chief minister does not know the year of independence He leaned back to enquire about the count of years of independence during his speech on August 15 Had I been there I would have given him a tight slap Rane had saidRane defended his remarks against Thackeray saying he hasnt committed any crime by making themOn media reportage of his imminent arrest in the case Rane said hours before his arrest that he was not a normal ordinary man and cautioned the media against such reportageRanes remarks against Thackeray drew sharp reactions from Shiv Sena whose workers put up a poster in Mumbai calling him a kombdi chor chicken stealer a reference to the poultry shop he ran in Chembur area five decades ago during the initial part of his over four-decade-long stint with the Bal Thackeray-led partyRanes remarks against Uddhav Thackeray set off protests in Mumbai and several other cities which included pelting of stones and vandalising offices of BJP in some areas by Shiv Sena cadresIn Mumbai activists of Yuva Sena the youth wing of the Sena and the BJP clashed near Ranes residence on the Juhu Tara Road in Santacruz WestStones were pelted from both sides following which police used cane-charge to disperse the agitators an official said adding heavy police security was deployed outside Ranes residenceSlamming the Maharashtra government BJP president J P Nadda said Ranes arrest was violative of constitutional values and his party will not be cowed down by such actionsIn a tweet Nadda said the huge response the BJP has received in its Jan Ashirwad Yatra has jolted its rivals We fight democratically The yatra will continue he saidMaharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil distanced himself from Ranes remarks I am not defending Ranes comments but I will also not express regret Patil saidLeader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis said the BJP does not support Ranes comments but the party stands behind him 100 per centAlleging that the state police force was being used as a tool for vendetta politics the former chief minister said there should be law and order and not Taliban-like governanceShiv Sena MP Vinayak Raut wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding the sacking of Rane over his remarks against the Maharashtra chief ministerThough a team of Nashik police was earlier said to have left to take Rane in custody as an FIR has been filed against him there too a senior police official said late at night that they would not arrest the BJP leader for now in view of the Mahad courts bail order PTI DC ND ZA SP AVI SPK KR ZMN NSK GK VT KRK KRK
Mumbai Aug 24 PTI Hours after he was arrested over his controversial remarks against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray which triggered a political row and protests across Maharashtra Union minister Narayan Rane was granted bail by a court at Mahad on late Tuesday nightThe magistrates court denied the polices request for his custody but asked Rane to attend the Mahad police station on two daysThe BJP leader had said during the Jan Ashirwad Yatra of his party on Monday that he would have slapped Thackeray over the latters ignorance of the year of Indias independenceSatyamev Jayate truth always prevails Rane tweeted after getting bail and on his way back to MumbaiAfter his arrest on Tuesday afternoon Rane was taken to Mahad in Raigad district 165 km from Mumbai where an FIR was registered against him over the remark Cases were registered against him at Nashik and Pune too as the remark set off angry protests by workers of the ruling Shiv SenaRane was taken into custody at Golwali the ancestral village of former RSS chief Sadashivrao Golwalkar Guruji in Ratnagiri district He was then handed over to Raigad police around 245 pm in connection with the FIR registered at MahadThe case at Mahad was registered under IPC sections 189 threat of injury to public servant 504 intentional insult to provoke breach of public peace and 505 statements conducive to public mischiefAt the Mahad court Government pleader Bhushan Salvi sought seven-day police custody for the BJP leader It was important to investigate if there was a conspiracy to tarnish the reputation of the chief minister he saidOpposing the application Ranes lawyers Aniket Nikam and Bhau Salunkhe argued that his health condition was serious as he was 69 years old and suffered from sugar and blood pressure issuesNikam further argued that the offenses under IPC for which Rane was arrested were all punishable with less than seven years and hence his custody was unnecessaryNikam also argued that Ranes arrest was illegal as no summons was issued to him under Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure before his arrestCourt after hearing both the sides denied the police the Union ministers custodyIt instead remanded him in judicial custody and then on the plea moved by his lawyers granted Rane bail on a surety of Rs 15000The arrest had followed Ranes statement targeting Thackeray in Raigad district on MondayIt is shameful that the chief minister does not know the year of independence He leaned back to enquire about the count of years of independence during his speech on August 15 Had I been there I would have given him a tight slap Rane had saidRane defended his remarks against Thackeray saying he hasnt committed any crime by making themOn media reportage of his imminent arrest in the case Rane said hours before his arrest that he was not a normal ordinary man and cautioned the media against such reportageRanes remarks against Thackeray drew sharp reactions from Shiv Sena whose workers put up a poster in Mumbai calling him a kombdi chor chicken stealer a reference to the poultry shop he ran in Chembur area five decades ago during the initial part of his over four-decade-long stint with the Bal Thackeray-led partyRanes remarks against Uddhav Thackeray set off protests in Mumbai and several other cities which included pelting of stones and vandalising offices of BJP in some areas by Shiv Sena cadresIn Mumbai activists of Yuva Sena the youth wing of the Sena and the BJP clashed near Ranes residence on the Juhu Tara Road in Santacruz WestStones were pelted from both sides following which police used cane-charge to disperse the agitators an official said adding heavy police security was deployed outside Ranes residenceSlamming the Maharashtra government BJP president J P Nadda said Ranes arrest was violative of constitutional values and his party will not be cowed down by such actionsIn a tweet Nadda said the huge response the BJP has received in its Jan Ashirwad Yatra has jolted its rivals We fight democratically The yatra will continue he saidMaharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil distanced himself from Ranes remarks I am not defending Ranes comments but I will also not express regret Patil saidLeader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis said the BJP does not support Ranes comments but the party stands behind him 100 per centAlleging that the state police force was being used as a tool for vendetta politics the former chief minister said there should be law and order and not Taliban-like governanceShiv Sena MP Vinayak Raut wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding the sacking of Rane over his remarks against the Maharashtra chief ministerThough a team of Nashik police was earlier said to have left to take Rane in custody as an FIR has been filed against him there too a senior police official said late at night that they would not arrest the BJP leader for now in view of the Mahad courts bail order PTI DC ND ZA SP AVI SPK KR ZMN NSK GK VT KRK KRK
