BJP top brass summons Union Minister Narayan Rane to New Delhi

Union Minister Narayan Rane will leave Goa for Delhi at 12 noon on Monday, as has been summoned to Delhi by the BJP.

Raigad (Maharashtra): Union Minister Narayan Rane will leave Goa for Delhi at 12 noon on Monday. He has been summoned to Delhi by the BJP top brass as Rane was expected to visit Mahad's crime branch. Although the minister would not physically be present, his medical certificate will be sent to the crime branch.

Earlier, Rane was arrested from Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra following his remarks that he would have slapped Chief Minister Thackeray for what he claimed as the latter's ignorance of the year of India's Independence. He was later granted bail by a court in Mahad on a surety of Rs 15,000.

He was directed to appear at the office of the Superintendent of Police in Alibaug (Raigad) on August 30 and September 13.

Rane's advocate Rajendra Shirodkar had argued that the police had not followed the mandate of law laid down under Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which says in cases where the arrest is not warranted, the police ought to first issue a notice/summons to the accused for questioning.

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