The Rae Bareli policeon Wednesday arrested Urdu poet Munawwar Rana’s 28-year-old son Tabrez Rana forallegedly faking an attack on him in June to implicate his uncles following aproperty dispute. A local court sent him to judicial custody.
Four people,including two shooters, have already been arrested for allegedly staging theattack on Tabrez. “Since after the arrest of four persons in the case, thepolice were looking for Tabrez. When he went missing, the police moved court,and obtained a warrant against him. On Wednesday, a police team arrested Tabrezfrom Lucknow,” said Additional Superintendent of Police Vishwajeet Srivastava.
The police officeradded, “All five accused named in the case have been arrested.”
According to thepolice, Tabrez Rana has now been spotted in CCTV footage with his allegedshooters. The Uttar Pradesh police also found several discrepancies in Rana’sclaims on scrutinizing the footage from the area on the day of the allegedshooting, police had said.
The court had issueda non-bailable warrant against him. He is now being brought to Rae Bareli witha large police convoy.
Apart fromincriminating CCTV footage, interrogation of the four gunmen who were arrestedin the first week of July has also led the police to believe that the shootoutwas staged.
However, MunawwarRana appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for help through the video. Hesaid, “Modi ji, I am in trouble. That's why I am passing on my point toyou. In a poetic style, Munawwar said, “Jannat is falling on my way, butyou are needed.”
On the other hand, inthe evening, the CJM court of Rae Bareli has granted bail to Tabrez in a suretyof 20-20 thousand. He will be released from jail by late evening.