The incident, after which an FIR was filed against Nitesh Rane, took place at Kankavli, his assembly constituency in the coastal district of Sindhudurg.
Mumbai: Congress MLA Nitesh Rane was taken into custody by the Maharashtra police for ‘assaulting’ a deputy engineer Thursday, officials said.
Nitesh Rane, the son of former Maharashtra chief minister Narayan Rane, was this morning caught on camera pouring mud on a deputy engineer to protest the poor condition of the Mumbai-Goa highway.
The incident, after which an FIR was filed against Nitesh Rane, took place at Kankavli, his assembly constituency in the coastal district of Sindhudurg.
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“He has been taken into police custody in this case,” said Dikshit Gedam, Superintendent of Police of Sindhudurg, told PTI.
In the video clip that has gone viral on social media, Nitesh Rane and Kankavli Municipal Council president Samir Nalawade are purportedly seen tying deputy engineer Prakash Khedekar of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to the railing of a bridge and pouring buckets of mud on him.
On a complaint filed by the engineer, an offense under IPC section 353 (assault on government servant) was registered against Nitesh Rane and his supporters, police said.
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“I apologize”: Narayan Rane
Sensing the anger being built against Nitesh Rane’s act, his father Narayan Rane promptly apologized. The former Maharashtra CM said, “This behavior is wrong. The protest over the highway issue is correct but this violence by his supporters is not correct. I don’t support this.”
Not the first time:
Well, Nitesh Rane is a repeat offender. He is known for getting violent after losing his cool. In 2017, during a meeting, he had thrown a fish at a government officer.
The VIP sons of senior politicians resorting to hooliganism is nothing new. Recently, on June 26, BJP legislator Akash Vijayvargiya attacked an Indore Municipal Corporation officer. He beat the corporation officer from the bat. Akash Vijayvargiya was arrested and later was granted bail. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also expressed resentment over this matter.
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