Why Nitesh Rane got sentenced to one month in jail: The 2019 mud attack recall
Nitesh Rane, a Maharashtra politician, has been sentenced to one month in jail for an incident that occurred in 2019. The court found him guilty of assaulting a public servant after he confronted an engineer over the poor condition of the Mumbai-Goa highway. Although Rane was acquitted of several charges, the court emphasized the need to uphold the dignity of public servants.
- ▪Nitesh Rane was sentenced to one month in jail for an incident involving an engineer in 2019.
- ▪He was found guilty of assaulting a public servant and deterring them from performing their duties.
- ▪The court noted that Rane's actions constituted an intentional insult and were an abuse of power.
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Why Nitesh Rane got sentenced to one month in jail: The 2019 mud attack recallThe incident took place in 2019 and seven years later, a Maharashtra court sentenced Nitesh Rane to one-month jail term. Updated on: Apr 28, 2026 9:29 AM ISTWritten by Sana FaziliShare viaCopy link Almost seven years have passed since Maharashtra politician Nitesh Rane confronted an engineer of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) over the poor condition of the Mumbai-Goa highway. On July 4, 2019, as Rane pushed the engineer, Prakash Shedekar, around and shouted at him in Marathi, his supporters poured buckets of mud over his head.Nitish Rane had reportedly called an engineer to a bridge over the Gad river in Kankavli for inspecting the work to widen the Mumbai-Goa Highway.
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