"Abused, Spat On": Chaos Erupts At Ex MP Navneet Rana's Amravati Rally

Kiran Wankhade, Inspector of the crime branch in Amravati Rural, said Navneet Rana was in Khallar village to campaign for Ramesh Bundile, BJP candidate from Daryapur

Chairs were thrown and threat slogans raised as a mob attacked a rally by BJP leader and former MP Navneet Rana at Maharashtra's Amravati last night. A police case has been registered and cops have asked people not to believe in rumours.

Visuals showed Ms Rana surrounded by her supporters as a group of people throw chairs at a rally in Khallar village. In one video, she is seen moving towards the mob, apparently asking them to go away. Then some people start throwing chairs targeting her. The former MP's security personnel are seen trying to shield her.

Following the incident, the former MP reached the police station and demanded that the troublemakers be arrested. Police have registered a case against unidentified people and deployed force at the village. "We were campaigning peacefully in Khallar. But during my speech, some people started making lewd gestures and hooting. I did not react. Then they started raising Allahu Akbar slogans. When party supporters asked them not to use slangs for me, they started throwing chairs," Ms Rana told the media.