: Maharashtra: MP Navneet Rana, husband MLA charged with sedition, sent to judicial custody #IndiaNEWS A Mumbai court on Sunday sent Independent Amravati MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana

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Maharashtra: MP Navneet Rana, husband MLA charged with sedition, sent to judicial custody #IndiaNEWS
A Mumbai court on Sunday sent Independent Amravati MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana to a 14-day judicial custody a day after they were arrested for threatening to recite Hanuman Chalisa in front of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s home, PTI reported.“Charges under IPC [Indian Penal Code] Section 124-A [sedition] are made out against them as they had challenged the government machinery and made remarks against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray,� Public Prosecutor Pradip Gharat said on Sunday.The court rejected the Mumbai Police’s demand for their custody. It will hear the couple’s bail plea on April 29, the prosecutor added.Navneet Rana will be sent to Byculla women’s jail, while Ravi Rana will be sent to Arthur Road prison till their bail plea is heard.Ravi Rana told reporters while he was being taken to the jail that the police have filed “false offense[s]� against him and his wife, India Today reported.Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police said that another first information report has been filed against the Ranas under Section 353 of the Indian Penal Code (assault or use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty), reported ANI. While Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray had exhorted members to play the Hanuman Chalisa...Read more

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