Panaji, July 23 -- Mapusa court on Thursday acquitted Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane in a 2013 case in which he was accused of vandalising a toll booth at Dhargal on the Goa-Maharashtra highway and assaulting attendants over paying the toll.

Rane, who had sought exemption from paying the toll by virtue of being the son of then Maharashtra Congress leader Narayan Rane, allegedly vandalised the booth after he was denied the exemption.

"I wish to sincerely thank the honourable court for acquitting all of us and giving us justice. Our team of lawyers did a good job placing the facts before the court and we have, as expected, received justice," Rane said outside the court in Mapusa following the verdict.

He, however, refused to recount th...