Murder bid case: BJP MLA Nitesh Rane withdraws bail plea from HC; lawyer says he will surrender
Mumbai(PTI): BJP MLA Nitesh Rane on Wednesday withdrew his bail plea filed in the Bombay High Court as he intends to surrender before police and join the investigation in an attempt to murder case in which he is an accused.
Nitesh Rane, who is the son of Union minister Narayan Rane, had filed the plea in HC on Tuesday after a sessions court in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra denied him bail in the case while noting that his custodial interrogation was required.
On Wednesday, the MLA's advocate Satish Maneshinde told a single bench of Justice C V Bhadang that the applicant (Nitesh) would like to withdraw the application seeking bail.
"The applicant intends to surrender and wants to join the investigation. This is despite the fact that the applicant still has five more days of protection from arrest granted to him by the Supreme Court on January 27, Maneshinde said.
Justice Bhadang accepted the statement and allowed for the bail application to be withdrawn.
The case pertains to the alleged attack on a Shiv Sena activist Santosh Parab during the campaigning for the Sindhudurg District Cooperative Bank elections in December 2021.
Nitesh Rane's pre-arrest bail pleas were earlier rejected by both the lower court and HC. The MLA had then approached the Supreme Court, which on January 27 asked the Maharashtra Police not to arrest him for 10 days, and directed him to appear before the court concerned in Sindhudurg and seek regular bail.
On Tuesday, the legislator filed a bail plea before the sessions court in Sindhudurg. The court, however, rejected the application, noting that it was premature and custodial interrogation was required in the case.
Nitesh Rane had claimed he was falsely implicated in the case, and that it was a classic case of political vendetta or rivalry at the behest of the ruling dispensation .
He had also said that he was being targeted by Maharashtra's ruling party (Shiv Sena, which heads the MVA government) as it felt insulted and hurt by an alleged incident of mocking outside the state legislature complex last month.
A Shiv Sena MLA had alleged that Nitesh Rane had made 'meow meow' sounds looking in the direction of Maharashtra minister and Sena legislator Aaditya Thackeray while he was going inside the Vidhan Bhavan building in Mumbai on December 23, 2021 during the winter session of the legislature.
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Thumbay Group begins work on Sharjah’s first private integrated psychiatric, rehabilitation hospital
Sharjah: Thumbay Group has laid the foundation stone for the Thumbay Psychiatric and Rehabilitation Hospital at Sharjah Healthcare City, a 120-bed facility that the company says will be the region’s first private, fully integrated hospital dedicated to psychiatric care, neuro-rehabilitation and addiction recovery.
The groundbreaking ceremony was led by Dr. Abdelaziz Saeed Al Mheiri, who is also a member of the Sharjah Executive Council, in the presence of Dr. Thumbay Moideen.
Spread across 110,000 square feet, the hospital is being developed to address growing demand for specialised mental health and rehabilitation services in the UAE and the wider Gulf region.
The facility will include inpatient and outpatient services in psychiatry, neuro-rehabilitation, addiction treatment, child and adolescent mental health, and care for mood and anxiety disorders. It will also feature VIP inpatient villas designed to provide privacy and support long-term recovery.
A mosque, named the Thumbay Masjid, will be constructed within the campus and will be open to the public.
The hospital is being designed to meet standards for Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), an internationally recognised accreditation system for rehabilitation facilities.
Speaking at the event, Dr. Abdelaziz Saeed Al Mheiri said the project reflects Sharjah’s commitment to strengthening healthcare infrastructure in all aspects of wellbeing.
“Mental health and rehabilitation have long needed dedicated infrastructure, and we are proud to support a private partner whose vision matches the ambition of this Emirate,” he said.
Dr. Thumbay Moideen said the project was a response to a growing need for specialised mental healthcare services in the region.
“We have spent over three decades building healthcare in this region, and the one conversation that has grown louder every year is mental health. Families have been carrying this quietly for too long. This hospital is our answer. It is purpose-built, not retrofitted, and it has been designed around dignity, recovery, and outcomes that families can trust,” he said.
Construction is scheduled to begin in June 2026, and the hospital is expected to become operational by mid-2027.
Once completed, the facility will become part of Thumbay Group’s network of healthcare, education and diagnostic institutions across the UAE.
