Independent Member of Parliament from Amravati, Navneet Rana, and her husband, an MLA from Badnera constituency, have been arrested by the Khar police for creating enmity between two groups and on charges of sedition on Sunday. The law maker couple has been sent to judicial custody after the Bandra metropolitan magistrate court refused to grant custody to Mumbai police. The couple has filed a bail application, which will be heard on April 29.

The Ranas,  who have been in Mumbai for the past few days, had threatened to chant the Hanuman Chalisa in front of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s residence, which had irked Shiv Sainiks. They gathered outside the couple’s Khar residence since they arrived from Amravati.