Navneet Rana, Ravi Rana to recite Hanuman Chalisa at Delhi's Hanuman Mandir

New Delhi: MP Navneet Rana and her husband, Maharashtra MLA Ravi Rana, have said they will recite the Hanuman Chalisa at Delhi's Hanuman Temple. They said they seek wisdom for Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray; hence, they will recite the holy verses on Saturday.

The Rana couple spent several days in jail last month after they threatened to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Thackeray's house in Mumbai. The Mumbai police have slapped sedition charges against them. They had been demanding that the Shiv Sena government remove loudspeakers from mosques in the state, in accordance with the Supreme Court judgement.

The Rana couple, who were arrested on April 23, had spent 10 days in prison. They were granted bail under certain conditions. The court had said no tampering with the evidence should be allowed. 

“Court has granted bail to Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana. Some conditions have been imposed. They've been asked to cooperate in the investigation and interrogation. Police have also been directed to issue an advance notice of 24 hours to them," their lawyer, Rizwan Merchant had said. 

The Ranas were booked under Sections 153 (A) (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and Section 135 of the Mumbai Police Act (violation of prohibitory orders of police), officials earlier said.

With inputs from agencies