Narayan Rane arrested in Maharashtra
The Hindu
He moves HC to quash FIRs; He had allegedly said he would have slapped Uddhav Thackeray for ‘forgetting the number of years of India’s Independence during flag-hoisting on August 15’
Narayan Rane, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, was on Tuesday arrested and taken into custody from Sangameshwar by the Ratnagiri police. Mr. Rane has moved the Bombay High Court seeking to quash four FIRs against him for allegedly saying for ‘forgetting the number of years of India’s Independence during flag-hoisting on August 15’.
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