Acting on the complaint of illegal arrest and harassment by Lok Sabha MP Navneet Rana, the Privilege & Ethics Branch of the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Friday issued a notification directing Maharashtra DGP Rajnish Seth along with Mumbai's Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey to appear before the Committee of Oral Evidence on June 15.
Yashwant Bhanudas, Superintendent of Women District Prison Class-2, Byculla has also been issued with the same directives. "It may kindly be ensured that the officials of the Government of Maharashtra mentioned above appear before the Committee of Evidence on the date, time and venue indicated above," the order read.
The development comes days after Navneet Rana appeared before the Parliamentary Privilege Committee over her allegation of "patently illegal arrest and the consequent inhuman treatment meted out to her at Khar Police Station, Mumbai". Stating that she had placed everything in front of the committee, the Independent MP said that those responsible for alleged atrocities should be punished.
"I have kept everything in front of the committee right from the time they arrested me from my place till 14 days that I was in the custody. Sanjay Raut (Rajya Sabha MP and Shiv Sena leader) is also a part of it. Now, it is on the committee to decide. They should be punished and they will be punished," Navneet Rana said.
Earlier, the Amravati MP had written a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker, and informed how she along with her MLA husband Ravi Rana was 'illegally arrested' on April 23 from their Mumbai residence after they declared to recite the Hanuman Chalisa outside Shiv Sena supremo and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's residence. She also alleged being denied access to drinking water and washroom after the arrest.