Court Order Casts Doubt On Arrested MP's "Ill-Treatment" In Lock-Up Allegation
NDTV
Mumbai police sources say if the Rana couple were really ill-treated, they would have told the magistrate right then.
A day after Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey refuted with video evidence the claims of "inhuman treatment" in the Khar police station by Maharashtra MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana, questions are now being raised on the MP's clarification claiming "ill-treatment" in the lock-up of Santacruz police station and not at Khar police station. A copy of the Bandra magistrate's order sending the couple to prison has surfaced.
The remand order, in the first paragraph itself, says that the accused were presented before the magistrate at 12:30 pm where they did not complain against the police.
When an accused is brought to a court for a remand, the magistrate's first question to them is if they have any complaints against the police.
Mumbai police sources say if the Rana couple were really ill-treated, they would have told the magistrate right then.
