Maha MP Navneet Rana, Husband Ravi Rana Get Bail In Hanuman Chalisa Case
Mumbai: Maharashtra’s Amravati MP Navneet Rana and her MLA-husband Ravi Rana, who were arrested in connection with the Hanuman Chalisa row, have been granted bail by a Mumbai court.
They were arrested on April 23 after they announced to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside CM Uddhav Thackeray’s private residence ‘Matoshree’. Also Read: Play Hanuman Chalisa On Loudspeakers Against Azan, Appeals Raj Thackeray
Rana’s lawyer Rizwan Merchant expressed happiness over the order and said that justice prevails. He also appealed to the media not to question Navneet Rana and her husband Ravi on the ongoing matter. Will Remove Loudspeakers, Stop Namaz On Roads’: Raj Thackeray Tweets Bal Thackeray’s Old Video
Independent Lok Sabha MP Navneet Rana and her MLA-husband Ravi Rana were arrested on April 23. Navneet is a Lok Sabha MP from Amravati in eastern Maharashtra and Ravi is an MLA from Badnera. Also Read: RPI(A) Will Protect Mosques If Loudspeakers Are Removed: Ramdas Athawale
After the arrest, the couple had moved the court for bail on charges of sedition and promoting enmity in an FIR registered against them by the Mumbai Police.
The police registered a case against the Rana couple under various sections of the IPC and the Khar Court sent them to 14-day judicial custody.
Earlier, the Bombay High Court had dismissed a petition filed by the MP-MLA couple, seeking quashing of the second of the two FIRs lodged against them to oppose the arrest.
A major controversy erupted after the couple and Leader of the Opposition Devendra Fadnavis hurled abuses at Navneet Rana, abusing her, casteist slurs and even refusing to allow water or toilets by the police.
The couple had labelled Uddhav Thackeray as a ‘Shani’ (Saturn) for Maharashtra who had forgotten his ‘Hindutva’ ideals.
Meanwhile, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) sent a notice to the Rana couple over “illegal construction” at their residence in Khar in Mumbai.
“I hereby give you notice that I shall, on the day 04/05/2022 thereafter anytime pursuant to provision of the last-named section, enter with assistants or workmen into or upon the premises no. ,8th floor, Lavie, plot No-412, CTS NO-E/249, 14th Road, Khar West, Mumbai-52… in order to inspect the said premises, taking photos and measurements,” a BMC official said in the notice.
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