Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday alleged that the police in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district are violating law by asking Union minister Narayan Rane to visit a police station to record his statement in a case in which his son is named as an accused.
Fadnavis claimed that police cannot order a person above 65 years of age to visit a police station to record statement, and the investigators themselves have to visit such a person's residence for that purpose.
BJP MLA Nitesh Rane, son of Narayan Rane, 69, has been named as an accused in connection with an alleged attack on one Santosh Parab. Nitesh Rane represents Kankavli constituency in Sindhudurg district.
Sindhudurg police on Wednesday issued a notice to Narayan Rane to present his MLA son before them in connection with the case. They also asked Narayan Rane to be present at Kankavli police station to record his statement in connection with the case, but he did not appear at the given time, following which police pasted the notice at his residence there, police sources had said.
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In a social media post, Fadnavis said, "Sindhudurg district police have given a notice to Narayan Rane under CrPC 160, asking him to visit the police station to record his statement. The police deliberately forgot that they cannot order a person above 65 years of age to visit a police station for the same. Police have to visit that person's residence and record the statement."
