Former Congress MP Nilesh Rane was on Friday arrested by the Chiplun police in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra in a case where he is accused of assaulting and kidnapping a local party worker.
Nilesh, son of former Maharashtra CM Narayan Rane, was later produced before the magistrate’s court in Chiplun which rejected his bail application after remanding him in 14-day judicial custody. He was placed under arrest after he surrendered before Chiplun police at around 8 am. The Bombay High Court, on Tuesday, had refused him pre-arrest bail and asked him to surrender before the police on or before May 23.
The police had told the High Court that there were serious allegations against Rane and his custodial interrogation was needed as investigation was on. A case was registered by Thane police against Nilesh Rane, his personal assistant Tushar Panchal and bodyguard Manish Singh for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting Congress’ Chiplun unit chief Sandeep Sawant.