Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Friday recorded in a court in Mumbai his statement in connection with a defamation case filed by him against Union minister and BJP leader Narayan Rane for allegedly making false remarks, reported news agency PTI.

Sanjay Raut had filed a suit against Narayan Rane in April for allegedly making "defamatory, malicious and false" remarks about him at the Konkan Festival organised in suburban Bhandup on January 15, 2023, reported PTI.