Nitesh Rane, Who Led 'Mud' Attack on Government Official, Arrested
Congress MLA in Maharashtra Nitesh Rane, who led an attack on a government official, was arrested on Thursday.
Mumbai, July 4: Congress MLA in Maharashtra Nitesh Rane, who led an attack on a government official, surrendered before the police on Thursday. Subsequently, Nitesh Rane was taken into custody. Supporters of Rane threw mud on a sub-engineer on a stretch of the Mumbai-Goa highway where they had gone to "inspect" road repairs. The targetted sub-engineer was identified as Prakash Shedekar.
Irked over the poor condition, Rane and his supporters vented their ire on Shedekar by bathing him with wet mud and slime, and even attempted to tie him to a bridge. The incident was recorded on camera. The legislator was accompanied by Kankavli Municipal Council President and activists of the NDA-affiliated Maharashtra Swabhiman Party (MSP). Besides Rane, two more persons have been arrested in connection with the attack.
Nitesh Rane's supporters throw mud on government official:
"People are bearing it daily... Now, you also experience it..." they said and threw a couple of buckets full of slime on Shedekar, roughed him up and pushed him around. They demanded to know "who has given you the right to sink Kankavli under slime" and some activists took him around in the wet mud to show him the ground reality. At one point, Rane and other activists were seen attempting to tie Shedekar to the under-construction bridge. Kailash Vijayvargiya’s Son And BJP MLA Akash Caught On Camera Thrashing Municipal Corporation Officer With Cricket Bat in Indore.
Nitesh Rane's supporters throw mud on government official:
Rane and his supporters have been booked under Sections 353, 342, 332, 324, 323, 120(A), 147, 143, 504 and 506 of Indian Penal Code. His father and Rajya Sabha MP, Narayan Rane condemned his son's actions. "This behaviour is wrong. The protest over the highway issue is correct but this violence by his supporters is not correct. I don't support this," the MSP chief said.
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