MP Navneet Rana, husband arrested over Hanuman Chalisa face-off with Maharashtra CM

Navneet Rana and her husband Ravi Rana were later taken to Khar police station, where they will spend the night as tomorrow is Sunday and the couple will not be able to apply for bail before Monday.

Media reports said that the couple was arrested hours after the couple cancelled their plan to recite the Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's private residence 'Matoshree'.

Police took them to a government hospital in Mumbai for a medical test, said the police control room.

Meanwhile, both Navneet and Ravi Rana have also lodged a complaint against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, Minister Anil Parab and 500 Shiv Sena workers for reaching their house forcefully this afternoon.

"We were just going out of Matoshri to recite Hanuman Chalisa, but police arrested us," they told reporters.

The couple has lodged a complaint accusing them of inciting them to attack out of political revenge.

In order to make an arrest under Section 153, the police have to serve a notice under Section 141.

Or, else, the arrest becomes illegal, Rana told reporters, who gathered at Khar police station. The offence under Section 153 (a) is non-bailable.

If convicted, he could face up to seven years in prison, said criminal lawyer Ashutosh Srivastava. Meanwhile, Union Minister Ramdas Athavale demanded the President's Rule in Maharashtra.