The Mumbai Police have sent a notice to Independent MP Navneet Rana and her husband, MLA Ravi Rana, intimating the duo that a chargesheet will be filed against them and directing them to be present before a local court in Bandra on June 8 in this connection.
The notice was sent by the Khar Police Station on June 4 to the Rana couple’s Mumbai residence. It said that the police will file a chargesheet based on a case filed against under Section 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the Rana couple in court on Wednesday, June 8 and have accordingly directed the Ranas’ to be present.
Ms. Rana, the MP from Amravati, and Mr. Rana, an Independent legislator from Badnera (also in Amravati district), were arrested by the Mumbai Police on April 23 for “promoting enmity between different groups and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony”. They were swiftly taken into police custody in a high voltage drama following their provocation to play the Hanuman Chalisa in front of Mr. Thackeray’s private residence ‘Matoshree’. A sedition charge was also slapped on them.
