Mumbai: BJP MLA Nitesh Rane surrendered in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district court on Wednesday in an alleged attempt to murder case. Special Public Prosecutor Pradeep Gharat said that Union Minister Narayan Rane’s son Nitesh has been sent to judicial custody till February 4.
“He surrendered and has been sent to judicial custody,” the prosecutor said. Now we are seeking police custody from the court.” Earlier in the day, Nitesh had withdrawn his bail plea from the Bombay High Court. His lawyer said that he wanted to cooperate in the investigation by surrendering.
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Sindhudurg District and Additional Sessions Judge RB Rote had on Tuesday rejected his bail plea, saying the petition was “premature and not maintainable”. The court had said that the custodial interrogation of Nitesh Rane was necessary as the investigation in the attempt to murder case was incomplete. The case pertains to the alleged attack on Shiv Sena worker Santosh Parab during the campaign for Sindhudurg District Co-operative Bank elections.
The BJP MLA claimed that he was being targeted by the ruling Shiv Sena (which leads the MVA coalition government in Maharashtra) as the incident of joking outside the state legislature complex last month found him “frivolous”. A Shiv Sena MLA had alleged that on December 23, during the winter session of the Assembly, Nitesh Rane had ‘meowed’ to mock Shiv Sena leader and minister Aaditya Thackeray. (agency)