Mumbai CP posts video of Ranas having tea in custody

Mumbai: After Amravti M P Navneet Rana wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla claiming she was not given water to drink and also faced casteist slurs at Khar police station after her arrest last Saturday, Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey on Tuesday tweeted a video of the parliamentarian and her MLA husband Ravi Rana sipping tea while in police custody.

The Mumbai police commissioner tweeted a 12-second video from his verified Twitter handle @ sanjayp_1 at 2 pm with the caption, “Do we say anything more”. The video clip shows the Rana couple s i t t i n g o n c h a i r s a n d sipping tea in front of police officials at Khar police station. Bottles of mineral water are also seen on the table in front of them. Slapped with sedition charge, the Independent MP from Amravati Rana had written to the Lok Sabha speaker, claiming that her arrest by Mumbai Police was illegal and alleged “inhuman treatment” in Khar police station.

In her letter, the MP stated that she was being put up at the police station without due re g ard to the of fice held by her a n d n o t given drinking water while in police custody. N a v n e e t Rana also alleged that s h e w a s abused due to her caste.

S h e sought action against the Mumbai commissioner of police and other top officers over her arrest. The Lok Sabha Secretariat sought details from the Maharashtra government within 24 hours following the allegations made by Navneet Rana against the police after her arrest. (PTI)