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Hanuman Chalisa row: Rana couple face sedition charges, get 14 days' judicial remand

The Ranas' lawyer Rizwan Merchant termed the police case as 'fake' and said that certain charges were added later on under pressure. He termed all the charges against them as baseless since the couple had not flouted the laws as contended

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Navneet Rana at Santacruz police station for medical check up. Pic/Shadab Khan

Navneet Rana at Santacruz police station for medical check up. Pic/Shadab Khan

In a huge setback for independent MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana, the Mumbai Police slapped sedition charges on them even as Bandra Magistrate Court sent them to 14 days' judicial custody.

Special Public Prosecutor Pradip Gharat said the court also declined urgent hearing to the Ranas' bail application which will now come up only next Friday (April 29).

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