: Union minister Narayan Rane fails to appear before police as per court order, cites ill health #IndiaNEWS Union minister Narayan Rane failed to appear before the superintendent of police in Maharashtra’s

Union minister Narayan Rane fails to appear before police as per court order, cites ill health #IndiaNEWS
Union minister Narayan Rane failed to appear before the superintendent of police in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Monday as per a court order, PTI reported.Rane’s lawyer Sandesh Chikne appeared before crime branch inspector Dayanand Gavde’s office on behalf of the Union minister. He informed the police that Rane could not be present as was unwell.Local Bharatiya Janata Party leaders had accompanied Chikne to the crime branch’s office.Earlier in the day, a large number of police personnel were deployed outside the superintendent of police’s office in anticipation of Rane’s arrival. The situation is normal now, Gavde told PTI.Rane was arrested on August 25 for a comment about slapping Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. He was granted bail hours later.A magistrate, while granting the Union minister bail, had directed him to appear before the office of the superintendent of police in Alibaug town in Raigad district on August 30 and September 13.Rane has been named in four first information reports. The charges against him include sections under the Epidemic Diseases Act and the Indian Penal Code’s Sections 188 (disobedience to public servant’s orders), 269 and 270 (act to spread disease) and 34 (criminal act by several persons with common intention). Rane had allegedly made the remark about Thackeray at an event...Read more

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